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Meanings of rave in English

Portuguese
rugir
Catalan
xerrar
Spanish
charlar

Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.

        rugir
        Spanish
        enaltecer

        Praise enthusiastically.

              enaltecer
              Usage of rave in English
              1
              No mention of rave culture, of why those words might be there.
              The Guardian
              2
              The New York Times, Granta and Oprah's magazine gave it rave reviews.
              The South African
              3
              Donald Clarke has a good run down of the rave reviews here.
              The Irish Times
              4
              Women would rave about him; men would think him finical and dandified.
              The Man Between: An International Romance
              5
              In 2013 he did a national stand-up tour and received rave reviews.
              BBC
              6
              UPDATE 2: Or we can make do with chart-topping Euro rave-poppers Cascada.
              The Irish Times
              7
              From what he had heard, the group had performed to rave reviews.
              The South African
              8
              The laird let him rave on: it was useless to oppose him.
              Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
              9
              But the woman continued to shriek and rave until Mrs. Harold said:
              Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
              10
              They rave against the Prussians, but it is the Bourgeois they hate.
              A Girl of the Commune
              11
              It's her way of introducing Acapella, a tribal rave hit from 2010.
              The Guardian
              12
              With my oil-phobia officially cured, I can't rave about this product enough.
              News.com.au
              13
              We set up a PA system and turned it into a rave.
              The Guardian
              14
              Some biologists who have already started using Galaxy give it rave reviews.
              Wired
              15
              You rave about the beauty of flowers and trees-youthink them divine.
              A Voyage to Arcturus
              16
              And his voice, when it came, was as harsh as any raven's.
              Vlad. The Last Confession
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              Translations for rave
              Portuguese
              rugirgritar
              Rave through the time
              Rave across language varieties
              Australia
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common
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