Meaning of Rave | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
2. A surname.
3. An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
   countable, informal
4. An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.
   countable, uncountable
5. The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.”

“Maybe I wear baggies / And white socks with flip-flops / Maybe I don't like listening to rave / And I'm not on the social mountaintops”

“It was astonishing to see how he had gnawed the rave of the sled.”

“The main lever rests upon the rave when not in use.”

“Next I weld a collar on, A, to keep the brake in place when on the sled; then make a two-eyed bolt to fasten the brake to the rave.”

“The superstructure of the tender is modified by the removal of the side raves, and compartments for the fire-irons are formed on each side of the coal bunker.”

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