Rave
Definitions
- One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
- A surname.
- An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
- An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.
- The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.
Equivalents
Españolalabardecir maravillas dedelirardesbarrardesvariardevaneardisparatarelogiarlevantar a las nubeslevantar hasta las nubesno dejar de hablar deponderarponer en las nubesponer por las nubesponer sobre las nubesravesubir a las nubessubir hasta las nubes
Françaisrave
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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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