rave : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rave	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for rave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rave n a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played; "raves are very popular in Berlin" an extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave" v participate in an all-night techno dance party talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner Synonym(s): rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant" Synonym(s): rave, gush
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rave \Rave\, n. [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.] One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rave \Rave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raving}.] [F. r[88]ver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. {Rage}, {Reverie}.] 1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. In our madness evermore we rave. --Chaucer. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast? --Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. --Macaulay. 2. To rush wildly or furiously. --Spencer. 3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rave \Rave\, v. t. To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. --Young.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rave vi. [WPI] 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject. 2. To speak authoritatively on a subject about which one knows very little. 3. To complain to a person who is not in a position to correct the difficulty. 4. To purposely annoy another person verbally. 5. To evangelize. See {flame}. 6. Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such as friendly bullshitting. `Rave' differs slightly from {flame} in that `rave' implies that it is the persistence or obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, while {flame} implies somewhat more strongly that the tone or content is offensive as well.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rave [WPI] 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject. 2. To speak authoritatively on a subject about which one knows very little. 3. To complain to a person who is not in a position to correct the difficulty. 4. To purposely annoy another person verbally. 5. To evangelise. See {flame}. 6. Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such as friendly bullshitting. "Rave" differs slightly from {flame} in that "rave" implies that it is the persistence or obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, while {flame} implies somewhat more strongly that the tone or content is offensive as well. [{Jargon File}]