RAVENOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of ravenous in English
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hungry By dinner time we all felt really hungry. starving Is there anything to eat? I'm starving! starved US He ate so quickly, like he was starved.famished After that long workout, I'm absolutely famished. ravenous He's going through a growth spurt, so he's just ravenous.
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(Definition of ravenous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of ravenous
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His ravenous libido propelled him across the ocean at all hours of the night, even when he knew he had work the next day.
Although such ravenous -looking fish might be the stuff of nightmares, they also play an important role in freshwater ecosystems, which are increasingly threatened.
Eat a healthy snack before going to the party so you don't overindulge on a ravenous , empty stomach.
I see there is no appetite from morning to noon, but then the child becomes ravenous from late afternoon until bedtime.
You eat when you are hungry, but before becoming ravenous .
Hunger and fullness encompass a wide spectrum, from stuffed to ravenous .
The signature pellets, blue walls and ravenous ghosts immediately appear in place of street names and landmarks.
In children's books, we are all still ravenous .
Added to her own two boys, that meant eight ravenous teens raiding the fridge every day.
A growing global population and a ravenous demand for natural resources is altering the very face of the planet.
The fund's famously ravenous appetite for information on publicly traded companies is also a classic red flag for securities cops.
And their ravenous appetite keeps countless insect pests in check.
This patriarch has grown into a ravenous beast, one that has a bottomless hunger for power and money.
That would be a real feat if the tiger is indeed ravenous .
They produce a protein that interferes with a caterpillar's biology, apparently making it ravenous .
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Translations of ravenous
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極其饑餓的…
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极其饥饿的…
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hambriento, famélico, voraz…
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esfomeado, faminto…
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çok acıkmış, kurt gibi aç, kurt gibi acıkmış…
дуже голодний, зголоднілий…
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