raver.html - n.
1 colloq. an uninhibited pleasure-loving person.
2 a person who raves; a madman or madwoman.

raver.html - {v. phr.} To talk very enthusiastically about someone or something. * /Hank praised the new TV show very highly but we didn't think it was anything to rave about./

raver.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. talk wildly or furiously in or as in delirium.
2 intr. (usu. foll. by about, of, over) speak with rapturous admiration; go into raptures.
3 tr. bring into a specified state by raving (raved himself hoarse).
4 tr. utter with ravings (raved their grief).
5 intr. (of the sea, wind, etc.) howl, roar.
6 tr. & intr. colloq. enjoy oneself freely ( esp. rave it up).

--n.

1 (usu. attrib.) colloq. a highly enthusiastic review of a film, play, etc. (a rave review).
2 sl. an infatuation.
3 (also rave-up) colloq. a lively party.
4 the sound of the wind etc. raving. [ME, prob. f. ONF raver, rel. to (M)LG reven be senseless, rave]

raver.html - n.
1 a rail of a cart.
2 (in pl.) a permanent or removable framework added to the sides of a cart to increase its capacity. [var. of dial. rathe (15th c., of unkn. orig.)]

raver.html - v. & n.
--v.

(ravelled, ravelling; US raveled, raveling)
1 tr. & intr. entangle or become entangled or knotted.
2 tr. confuse or complicate (a question or problem).
3 intr. fray out.
4 tr. (often foll. by out) disentangle, unravel, distinguish the separate threads or subdivisions of.

--n.

1 a tangle or knot.
2 a complication.
3 a frayed or loose end. [prob. f. Du. ravelen tangle, fray out, unweave]

raver.html - n.
hist. an outwork of fortifications, with two faces forming a salient angle. [F f. obs. It. ravellino, of unkn. orig.]