raging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: raging	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for raging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raging adj characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" Synonym(s): hot, raging very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache" (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" Synonym(s): angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rage \Rage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raging}.] [OF. ragier. See {Rage}, n.] 1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. [bd]Whereat he inly raged.[b8] --Milton. When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even to falling. --Shak. 2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. Why do the heathen rage ? --Ps. ii. 1. The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. --Milton. 3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo. 4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raging \Ra"ging\, a. & n. from {Rage}, v. i. -- {Ra"gingly}, adv.