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Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

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  1. a. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
  2. a. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
  3. adj. extremely hungry
  4. adj. devouring or craving food in great quantities
  5. A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  6. j:100 s extremely hungry s devouring or craving food in great quantities