Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - rave
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I. verb (~d; raving) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium b. to speak out wildly c. to talk with extreme enthusiasm ~d about its beauty 2. to move or advance violently ; storm the iced gusts still ~ and beat — John Keats transitive verb to utter in madness or frenzy II. noun Date: 1598 1. an act or instance of raving 2. an extravagantly favorable criticism the play received the critics' ~s 3. a large overnight dance party featuring techno music and usually involving the taking of mind-altering drugs
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1. 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. Etymology: ME, prob. f. ONF raver, rel. to (M)LG reven be senseless, rave 2. 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. Etymology: var. of dial. rathe (15th c., of unkn. orig.) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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reviews noun; usu. pl. восторженные отзывы (о спектакле, книге) RAVE 1. v. 1) бредить, говорить бессвязно 2) неистовствовать (about, at, of, against); to rave against ones fate - проклинать судьбу; to rave oneself hoarse - договориться до хрипоты; In court, the prisoner raved about the unjust decision made by the judge regarding his guilt. The old man stood on a street corner, raving at his wife. 3) восторгаться, восхищаться, бредить (of, about - кем-л., чем-л.); The newspaper reporters are all raving about the young singers performance. 4) неистовствовать, реветь, выть, бушевать (о море, ветре); the storm raved itself out - буря утихла 2. noun 1) бред, бессвязная речь 2) рев, шум (ветра, моря) ...Англо-русский словарь
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(raves, raving, raved) 1. If someone raves, they talk in an excited and uncontrolled way. She cried and raved for weeks, and people did not know what to do... ‘What is wrong with you, acting like that,’ she raved, pacing up and down frantically. VERB: V, V with quote 2. If you rave about something, you speak or write about it with great enthusiasm. Rachel raved about the new foods she ate while she was there... ‘Such lovely clothes. I’d no idea Milan was so wonderful,’ she raved. VERB: V about n, V with quote 3. A rave is a big event at which young people dance to electronic music in a large building or in the open air. Raves are often associated with illegal drugs. (BRIT) ...an all-night rave at Castle Donington. N-COUNT • Rave is also an adjective. Old faces and new talents are making it big on the rave scene. ADJ: ADJ n 4. to rant and rave: see rant see also raving ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v 1 to talk in an angry, uncontrolled way + a (Dad raved at me for hours about how irresponsible I'd been.) 2 to talk in a crazy way that is impossible to understand, especially because you are very ill 3 rave about/over to talk in a very excited way about something, saying how much you admire or enjoy it (After the game people raved about Tommy Craig's performance.) (- see also rant and rave rant, raving) ~2 adj rave reviews/notices newspaper articles that praise something a lot, for example a play or film (His last film got rave reviews in the British press.) ~3 n 1 a very large party held in an empty building in Britain, at which young people dance and sometimes take illegal drugs (rave scene/band/culture etc (=a scene etc that is connected with raves)) 2 especially AmE a piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine etc that praises a film, play, or performance very much (- see also raveup) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 14c., from O.Fr. raver, variant of resver "to dream, wander, rave," of unknown origin (see reverie). Sense of "talk enthusiastically about" first recorded 1704. Meaning "rowdy party" is from 1960, though rave-up was British slang for "wild party" from 1940; specific modern sense of "mass party with loud, fast electronic music and often psychedelic drugs" is from 1989. Raver, from this sense, is first recorded 1991. Raving is attested from 1475; sense of "remarkable" is from 1841. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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