What is the meaning of ravening?

verb

• Obtain or seize by violence.
  • synonyms: raven
• Prey on or hunt for.
  • usage: "These mammals predate certain eggs"
  • synonyms: raven, prey, predate
• Eat greedily.
  • usage: "he devoured three sandwiches"
  • synonyms: devour, guttle, raven, pig
• Feed greedily.
  • usage: "The lions ravened the bodies"
  • synonyms: raven

adjective

• Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.
  • usage: "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
  • synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous
• Excessively greedy and grasping.
  • usage: "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
  • synonyms: rapacious, voracious
• Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
  • usage: "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
  • synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish