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prey
English
Etymology
From Middle English preye, prei, prey?e, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French preie, one of the variants of proie, from Latin praeda. Compare predator.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?, IPA(key): /p?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Homophone: pray
Noun
prey (countable and uncountable, plural preys)
- (archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war
- Synonyms: spoil, booty, plunder
- That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured
- Already sees herself the monster's prey.
- A person or thing given up as a victim.
- A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.
- (archaic) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
- The victim of a disease.
Translations
Verb
prey (third-person singular simple present preys, present participle preying, simple past and past participle preyed)
- (intransitive) To act as a predator.
- 2001, Karen Harden McCracken, The Life History of a Texas Birdwatcher (page 278)
- The ridge had been a haven for birds and small earth creatures, creeping, crawling, and hopping in a little world of balanced ecology where wild things preyed and were preyed upon […]
- 2001, Karen Harden McCracken, The Life History of a Texas Birdwatcher (page 278)
Related terms
- prey on
References
- prey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- pyre, rype
prey From the web:
- what preys on peppered moths
- what preys on hummingbirds
- what preyed on gatsby
- what preys on tigers
- what preys on cicadas
- what preys on owls
- what preys on foxes
- what preys on eagles
predators
English
Noun
predators
- plural of predator
Anagrams
- rope darts, teardrops
predators From the web:
- what predators do tigers have
- what predators do pandas have
- what predators live in hawaii
- what predators do lions have
- what predators eat cicadas
- what predators do wolves have
- what predators do hummingbirds have
- what predators do elephants have
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