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18/04/2021, 13:58
Weasel (out of)
27/07/2021, 22:22
in American English
(ˈrævən)
VERBO TRANSITIVO
1. to devour greedily
2. Obsolete
to seize forcibly
VERBO INTRANSITIVO
3. to prowl hungrily; search for prey or plunder
4. to devour food or prey greedily
5. to have a voracious appetite
28/07/2021, 04:10
I have never heard any of those. Interesting.
Ooooh the pronunciation is different! "ravenous" doesn't have the same pronunciation of "raven" as the animal. Hmm. I suppose since "ravening" and "ravenous" exist there must be a "raven" from which they are derived but I don't recall ever encountering it. Lovely. Thank you.
I think we may not be able to count this. There is at least one case where the animal and verb are pronunced differently but are almost certainly related, and that is "louse". The animal has an "s" sound and the verb has a "z" sound. It would be tempting to say we can't count that but it seems like an example where the verb really is derived from the animal, so saying it doesn't count seems dodgy.
30/11/2021, 20:22
pike. il verbo ha più significati, e li ignoravo tutti.
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