raven vs crow
Definitions
verb
- obtain or seize by violence
- prey on or hunt for
- eat greedily
- feed greedily
noun
- large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
Examples
When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy.
When writing, she is totally absorbed in the book and on one never-to-be-forgotten occasion, her sons returned from school ravenous to find she had shoved a pair of muddy shoes in the oven for their tea!
She was treated with intravenous folinic acid and antibiotics and was given transfusions of blood products.
Definitions
noun
- a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
- a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
Examples
The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me.
Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
Above: South Shore terminus with four Dreadnoughts in line abreast, demonstrating their legendary capacity to absorb crowds.
