rave
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English [edit]
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Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old French raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin.
Noun [edit]
rave (plural raves)
- An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
- An all-night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
- (uncountable) The genre of electronic dance music associated with rave parties.
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Verb [edit]
rave (third-person singular simple present raves, present participle raving, simple past and past participle raved)
- To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3. § 5.
- A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3. § 5.
- To attend a rave (dance party).
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Etymology 2 [edit]
English dialect raves, or rathes (“a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.”).
Noun [edit]
rave (plural raves)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Anagrams [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin rāpum.
Noun [edit]
rave m (plural raves)
Danish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /raːvə/, [ˈʁɑːwə]
Verb [edit]
rave (imperative rav, infinitive at rave, present tense raver, past tense ravede, past participle har ravet)
Dutch [edit]
Verb [edit]
rave
- first-person singular present indicative of raven
- singular present subjunctive of raven
- imperative of raven
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French [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin rapa, plural of rāpum, used instead as a feminine singular. Compare Italian rapa.
Noun [edit]
rave m (plural raves)
Etymology 2 [edit]
From English
Noun [edit]
rave m (plural raves)
- rave party
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Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rāve
- vocative masculine singular of rāvus
Venetian [edit]
Noun [edit]
rave f
- Plural form of rava
- English terms derived from Old French
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English verbs
- Webster 1913
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan nouns
- Danish verbs
- Dutch verb forms
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms derived from English
- Latin adjective forms
- Venetian plurals
