Definition of "rave" in English

noun

1. (informal, countable) An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).

2. An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.

3. (music, uncountable) The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.

verb

1. (intransitive) To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

2. (intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

3. (intransitive, followed by "about", "of" or (formerly) "on") To talk with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.

   • He raved about her beauty.

4. (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.

5. (intransitive) To attend a rave (dance party).

verb

1. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, Newfoundland) To wander or roam.

2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, Newfoundland) To stray or err.

noun

1. One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

verb

1. (obsolete) simple past of rive