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1. (n.) prey
an animal hunted or seized for food, esp. by a carnivorous animal.
2. prey
a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, disease, swindler, injurious agency, etc.
3. prey
the action or habit of preying:
a beast of prey.
4. prey
Archaic. booty or plunder.
5. (v.i.) prey
to seize and devour prey:
Foxes prey on rabbits.
6. prey
to make raids or attacks for booty or plunder:
The Vikings preyed on coastal settlements.
7. prey
to exert a harmful or destructive and often obsessive influence:
The problem preyed upon his mind.
8. prey
to victimize another or others:
loan sharks who prey upon the poor.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME preye < OF < L praeda booty, prey)
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| Definition of 'prey' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) prey, quarry, target, fair game
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"
2. (verb) prey, quarry
animal hunted or caught for food
3. (verb) prey, feed
profit from in an exploitatory manner
"He feeds on her insecurity"
4. (verb) raven, prey, predate
prey on or hunt for
"These mammals predate certain eggs"
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1. (noun) prey
an animal that another animal feeds on
Field mice are prey to large birds.
2. prey
fall prey to
to become the victim of
Many senior citizens fall prey to fraud.
3. (verb) prey
(of an animal) to feed on
The owl preys on small mammals.
4. prey
to take advantage of a weak or vulnerable person
advertising that preys on self-conscious teenage girls
5. prey
prey on sb's mind
to keep worrying sb
The fact that he had not told her the truth was preying on his mind.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) prey
anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder
2. (noun) prey
that which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim
3. (noun) prey
the act of devouring other creatures; ravage
4. (noun) prey
to take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence
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Sense: a bird or animal, birds or animals, that is/are hunted by other birds or animals for food
The lion tore at its prey.
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 Afrikaans: prooi |
 Arabic: فَريسَه |
 Bulgarian: плячка |
 Brazilian: presa |
 Czech: kořist |
 German: die Beute |
 Danish: bytte |
 Greek: λεία |
 Spanish: presa |
 Estonian: saak |
 Farsi: طعمه |
 Finnish: saalis |
 French: proie |
 Hebrew: טֶרֶף |
 Hindi: शिकार |
 Croatian: plijen |
 Hungarian: zsákmány |
 Indonesian: mangsa |
 Icelandic: bráð |
 Italian: preda |
 Japanese: えじき |
 Korean: 먹이 |
 Lithuanian: grobis, auka |
 Latvian: laupījums; medījums; upur |
 Malay: mangsa |
 Dutch: prooi |
 Norwegian: bytte |
 Polish: zdobycz |
 Persian: طعمه |
 Portuguese: presa |
 Romanian: pradă |
 Russian: жертва, добыча |
 Slovak: korisť |
 Slovenian: plen |
 Serbian: plen |
 Swedish: rov, byte |
 Thai: เหยื่อ |
 Turkish: av |
 Taiwanese: 被捕食的動物(犧牲品) |
 Ukrainian: здобич |
 Urdu: شکار کيا جانے والا جانور |
 Vietnamese: con mồi |
 Chinese: 被捕食的动物（牺牲品） |
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