rave
part of speech
verb (rave, raves, raved, raving); noun (a rave, raves); adjective (rave — rave reviews)
meaning for a pupil
1) To talk with great excitement and praise about something you like: «She raved about the film.» tree →
2) To talk wildly or angrily, as if not thinking clearly: «He was raving about aliens.» tree →
3) (noun) A big party with loud electronic dance music, often all night, mainly for adults. tree →
4) (adjective) Full of praise: «The show got rave reviews.» tree →
5) (UK slang, old) «Raving mad» means completely crazy; «a raver» is someone who goes to raves or loves partying. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life people rave about food, games and books; in reviews «rave reviews» means critics loved it; in stories raving characters seem angry or confused. Phrases: «rave about», «rave reviews», «stark raving mad», «go to a rave».
examples
- Everyone is raving about the new burger place. tree →
- The play got rave reviews in the papers. tree →
- He was raving about how unfair the referee was. tree →
- My older cousin went to a rave and danced till morning. tree →
- Mum raved about the view from the top of the hill. tree →
- The storm made the sea rave against the rocks. tree →
- «Stark raving mad» is an old way of saying completely crazy. tree →
- I thought you had something really interesting to tell me instead of raving about some unknown damsel. tree →
note
Countable noun (a rave, raves). «Rave about» or «rave over» = praise loudly. Raves are adult events; they are often noisy and late at night. Do not confuse with «raven» (a large black bird).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rave» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.