| 单词 | reave |
| 释义 | reave (once / 7833 pages) v To reave is to plunder, or to steal a lot of goods from someone. An attacking army might storm through a village and reave from all of the houses in it. You can use the verb reave when you need an antique way to say "plunder" or "pillage." Someone who reaves is basically stealing things, although the word implies the sense of a group stealing many items after an attack, as in wartime. The Old English root word is reafian, which means "to rob, plunder, or pillage," from the Proto-Indo-European reup, "to rip." WORD FAMILYreave: reaved, reaves, reaving, reft USAGE EXAMPLESReaves finished with 14 points, shooting 4 for 4 from 3-point range. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “She keeps everything real for us,” Reaves said. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) “It’s just not something we talk about or talked about,” said Ralph Reaves, a friend from his grade school and high school days. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) v steal goods; take as spoils Syn|Hypo|Hyper despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rifle, strip deplume, displume strip of honors, possessions, or attributes take take by force |
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