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rave

/ɹeɪv/noun, verb1 syllable

Rave means: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.

Synonyms for rave15

verb, as in talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on

verb, as in praise enthusiastically

gush

also used for rave

craze, have a kangaroo loose in the top paddock, have a screw loose, have bats in one's belfry, have bats in the belfry, have squirrels in the attic, have toys in the attic, nut out, nut up

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What does rave mean?5

verb

1

talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

2

praise enthusiastically“She raved about that new restaurant”

3

participate in an all-night techno dance party

noun

1

a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played“raves are very popular in Berlin”

2

an extravagantly enthusiastic review“he gave it a rave”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with rave?17

one syllable

two syllables

behaveforgaveconcave
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Rave in a sentence

  • Once a month, there was a rave in the wharf's abandoned warehouse.sundown
  • This restaurant lives up to all the rave reviews it got.CK
  • Surprisingly, Gustavo's action movie received rave reviews from critics.Amastan
  • The winds are murmuring, ready to rave.Cangarejo
  • The rave party was interrupted by the carabinieri who arrested the more naive for drug possession.felidad
  • The bright colors and flashing lights were more attune to that of a rave than a child's playroom.letsgolanguages
  • I was emotionally drained after listening to Tom rave on about his marriage problems for two hours.patgfisher

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Forms of rave

as a noun

plural
raves

as a verb

past tense
raved
present participle
raving
third-person singular
raves
past participle
raved