Rave

  • 31rave — 1. rave [ rav ] n. f. • v. 1398; reve h. XIIIe; fr. provenç. rava, lat. rapa, de rapum ♦ Plante potagère cultivée pour sa racine comestible ou oléagineuse. Bette ou blette rave. ⇒ betterave. Céleri rave. ♢ Plante crucifère cultivée pour ses… …

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  • 32rave-up — noun a raucous gathering • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑gathering, ↑ …

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  • 33rave — rave1 [reıv] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: raver [i] to wander, talk wildly ] 1.) rave about/over sth to talk about something you enjoy or admire in an excited way = ↑enthuse ▪ Now I understand why travelers rave about Lapland. ▪ The… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34rave — [[t]re͟ɪv[/t]] raves, raving, raved 1) VERB If someone raves, they talk in an excited and uncontrolled way. She cried and raved for weeks, and people did not know what to do... [V with quote] What is wrong with you, acting like that, she raved,… …

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  • 35Rave — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Rave », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Légume Rave : plante potagère cultivée pour… …

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  • 36rave —    The word ‘rave’ (possibly from the Old French rêve, to dream or to be delirious) is associated with frenzy, and the term ‘raver’ has been in use in British slang since the 1960s for a reveller or partygoer. Buddy Holly’s song ‘Rave On’ may… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • 37rave — 01. I have to see your new house; your parents have just [raved] about it. 02. The insane man was [raving] against the police, firemen, computers and pizza, all of which he considered to be evil. 03. Hector [raved] about his trip to Bali, and… …

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  • 38rave — 1 verb (I) 1 to talk in an angry, uncontrolled way (+ at): Dad raved at me for hours about how irresponsible I d been. 2 to talk in a crazy way that is impossible to understand, especially because you are very ill 3 rave about/over to talk in a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39rave — I UK [reɪv] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms rave : present tense I/you/we/they rave he/she/it raves present participle raving past tense raved past participle raved 1) a) to talk in an angry and uncontrolled way b) to talk in a crazy way when …

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  • 40Rave HD — Infobox TV channel name = Rave HD logofile = Rave HD.jpg logoalt = logosize = launch = 2004 closed date = picture format = network = owner = Rainbow Media slogan = country = United States broadcast area = National headquarters = Jericho, New York …

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