rave
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Is rave a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal, countable) An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).Examples: "The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave."Synonyms: raving reviewcountableinformal
2. (music, uncountable) The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.Examples: "Maybe I wear baggies / And white socks with flip-flops / Maybe I don't like listening to rave / And I'm not on the social mountaintops"uncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.Examples: "Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?"; "The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.Examples: ""She is in trance. Your daughter, sir, is a powerful medium." "A medium! You are raving.""intransitive
3. (intransitive, followed by "about", "of" or (formerly) "on") To talk with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.Examples: "He raved about her beauty."; "The hallowed scene / Which others rave on, though they know it not."; "“A beautiful country!” “I suppose it is. Everybody says so.” “Your cousin Feenix raves about it, Edith,” interposed her mother from her couch."intransitive
4. (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.Examples: "Under a mightie rocke, gainst which do rave The roaring billowes in their proud disdaine"obsolete
5. (intransitive) To attend a rave (dance party).Examples: "The situation with Tommy's parents made me grateful my parents hadn't caught on to my partying that summer. How had I gotten away with raving every weekend, and sometimes on Thursday nights too?"intransitive
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, Newfoundland) To wander or roam.NewfoundlandScotlandintransitive
2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, Newfoundland) To stray or err.NewfoundlandScotlandintransitive
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) simple past of riveform-ofobsoletepast
Definition source: Wiktionary