PREY
\pɹˈe͡ɪ], \pɹˈeɪ], \p_ɹ_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of PREY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
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a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
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The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
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To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
By Oddity Software
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Any animal seized by another for food; plunder; a victim.
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To take booty; to devour an animal as food; to exert a destructive influence: with on or upon.
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Preyed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Booty: plunder: that which is or may be seized to be devoured.
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To plunder: to seize and devour: to waste or impair gradually: to weigh heavily (followed by on or upon).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To seize food, as a bird or beast, by violence; plunder; make a victim; wear or waste; followed by on or upon.
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Any animal seized by another for food; a victim; booty.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To plunder; to seize and devour; to waste gradually; to cause to pine away. Beast of prey, a carnivorous animal.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That which is or may be seized to be eaten, as by a wild beast; spoil; booty; plunder; ravage.
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To rob or pillage; to seize and devour; to rest heavily on, as the mind; to waste gradually; to corrode.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.