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RAVING
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Declaiming wildly
Example:
the raving of maniacs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("raving" is a kind of...):
declamation (vehement oratory)
Derivation:
rave (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb rave
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a raving manner
Example:
raving mad
Synonyms:
raving; ravingly
Classified under:
Context examples:
This was raving insanity.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The doctor most kindly took charge of me, and it was well he did so, for I had a fit in the station, and before we reached home I was practically a raving maniac.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But if I were sure they were raving—as I am morally certain one, at least, of them is down with fever—I should leave this camp, and at whatever risk to my own carcass, take them the assistance of my skill.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The captain, hearing me utter these absurdities, concluded I was raving; however (I suppose to pacify me) he promised to give order as I desired, and going upon deck, sent some of his men down into my closet, whence (as I afterwards found) they drew up all my goods, and stripped off the quilting; but the chairs, cabinet, and bedstead, being screwed to the floor, were much damaged by the ignorance of the seamen, who tore them up by force.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
