Rave

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently.
  • verb-intransitive. To roar; rage: The storm raved along the coast.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak or write with wild enthusiasm: Critics raved about the new play.
  • verb-intransitive. To attend a rave.
  • v. To utter or express in a frenzied manner.
  • n. The act or an instance of raving.
  • n. Informal An extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review: The play received raves.
  • n. An all-night dance party, especially one where techno, house, or other electronically synthesized music is played.
  • n. Chiefly British A raucous party; a rave-up.
  • adj. Informal Relating to or being an extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
  • n. An all night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
  • v. To speak or write wildly or incoherently'
  • v. To attend a rave (dance party).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. of rive.
  • n. One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
  • verb-intransitive. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.
  • verb-intransitive. To rush wildly or furiously.
  • verb-intransitive. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on.
  • v. To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly.
  • n. An instance of raving.
  • n. A highly flattering or enthusiastic review of a play, book, etc.
  • n. A clamorous dance party, especially one featuring a band or disc jockey playing loud modern rock music oriented toward young people, held in a large room such as a warehouse, often organized by an informal or ad hoc sponsor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To talk like a madman; speak with delirious or passionate extravagance; declaim madly or irrationally; rage in speech.
  • To talk about something with exaggerated earnestness, and usually with little judgment or coherence; declaim enthusiastically, immoderately, or ignorantly.
  • To produce a brawling or turbulent sound; move or act boisterously: used of the action of the elements.
  • To utter in frenzy; say in a wild and excited manner.
  • An obsolete preterit of rive.
  • To rive.
  • Same as reave, 3.
  • To tear up; pull or tear the thatch or covering from (a house): same as reave, 4.
  • n. A tearing; a hole or opening made by tearing out or away: as, a rave in an old building.
  • n. One of the side pieces of the body of a wagon or other vehicle.
  • n. A turnip.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
  • v. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  • v. praise enthusiastically
  • n. an extravagantly enthusiastic review
  • v. participate in an all-night techno dance party
  • Verb Form
    raved    raves    raving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dance    mouth    verbalise    speak    verbalize    utter    talk    praise    critical review    critique   
    Cross Reference
    to rave up    floating raves    rant   
    Variant
    rive   
    Form
    raved    raving   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wander    rage   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dave    Wave    aftershave    behave    brave    cave    concave    crave    deprave    engrave