Rave
English
Noun
Rave (plural Raves)- An enthusiastic review (e.g., a play)
- An all night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
Verb
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
Adverbs for Rave
senselessly; rapturously; idiotically; drunkenly; fearfully; ominously; furiously; insanely; feverishly; pathetically; passionately; romantically; ecstatically; tumultuously.
Thesaurus
abuse, acclaim, accolade, admiration, applaud, assault, attack, babble, barbarize, bark at, bash, batter, be angry, be enthusiastic, be excitable, be insane, be livid, be pissed, bellow, berate, betongue, blacken, blast, blow a gasket, blow up, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, boil, bounce, bouquet, brag, browned off, brutalize, bubble over, bully, burn, butcher, carry on, carry on over, catch fire, catch the infection, caterwaul, chafe, come apart, craze, declaim, destroy, do, dote, drivel, drool, effervesce, encomium, enthuse, excite easily, execrate, explode, fad, fashion, favor, fete, fire up, flame up, flare up, flash up, flip, fret, fulminate, fulminate against, fume, gasconade, get excited, go into hysterics, go on, go on over, gush, gush over, hammer, harangue, have a conniption, have a demon, have a tantrum, hector, hit the ceiling, hosanna, howl, intimidate, jaw, last word, laud, lay waste, load with reproaches, loot, make much of, mania, maul, mouth, mug, out-herod Herod, party, perorate, pillage, pissed off, plaudits, praise, rag, rage, rail at, raise Cain, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, ramble, ramp, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rape, rate, rave about, rave against, revile, rhapsodize, rhapsody, riot, roar, roister, rollick, ruin, run a temperature, run amok, run mad, sack, savage, scream, seethe, shout, simmer, sizzle, slang, slaughter, slaver, slobber, smoke, smolder, soapbox, soiree, sow chaos, splutter, sputter, stew, storm, swagger, swashbuckle, take fire, take on, take on over, tear, tear around, terrorize, testimonial, thing, throw a fit, thunder, thunder against, tongue-lash, trend, tribute, turn a hair, vandalize, vapor, vilify, violate, vituperate, vogue, wander, wingding, wreck, yell, yell at, yelp at, yowl
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Catalan
Noun
Rave m. (plural Raves)
Etymology
Latin rapum
Danish
Verb
Rave (imperative rav, infinitive at rave, present tense raver, past tense ravede, past participle har ravet)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /raːvə/, [ˈʁɑːwə]
Dutch
Verb
Rave
- first-person singular present indicative of raven.
- singular present subjunctive of raven.
- imperative of raven.
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French
Noun
Rave m. (plural Raves)
Etymology
Latin rapum
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Latin
Adjective
rāve
- vocative masculine singular of rāvus
