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Definitions for PREY
prey
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Princeton's WordNet
prey, quarry, target, fair gamenoun
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"
prey, quarryverb
animal hunted or caught for food
prey, feedverb
profit from in an exploitatory manner
"He feeds on her insecurity"
raven, prey, predateverb
prey on or hunt for
"These mammals predate certain eggs"
Wiktionary
preynoun
Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
preynoun
That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
preynoun
A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.
The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's prey.
preyverb
To victimize, hunt, attack or plunder.
preyverb
To devour.
preyverb
To exert harmful influence.
Etymology: from preie, one of the variants of proie, from praeda
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PREYnoun
Etymology: præda, Lat.
A garrison supported itself, by the prey it took from the neighbourhood of Aylesbury. Edward Hyde, b. viii.
The whole included race his purpos’d prey. John Milton.
She sees herself the monster’s prey,
And feels her heart and intrails torn away. Dryden.Pindar, that eagle, mounts the skies,
While virtue leads the noble way;
Too like a vulture Boileau flies,
Where sordid int’rest shews the prey. Matthew Prior.Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, lion in prey. William Shakespeare.
There are men of prey, as well as beasts and birds of prey, that live upon, and delight in blood. Roger L'Estrange.
To Preyverb
Etymology: prædor, Lat.
A lioness
Lay couching head on ground, with cat-like watch,
When that the sleeping man should stir: for ’tis
The royal disposition of that beast
To prey on nothing that doth seem as dead. William Shakespeare.Put your torches out;
The wolves have prey’d, and look the gentle day
Dapples the drowsy east. William Shakespeare.Jove venom first infus’d in serpents fell,
Taught wolves to prey, and stormy seas to swell. May.Their impious folly dar’d to prey
On herds devoted to the god of day. Alexander Pope.They pray continually unto their saint the commonwealth, or rather not pray to her, but prey on her; for they ride up and down on her, and make her their boots. William Shakespeare.
Language is too faint to show
His rage of love; it preys upon his life;
He pines, he sickens, he despairs, he dies. Addison.
Wikipedia
prey
Prey is a first-person shooter video game developed by Human Head Studios, under contract for 3D Realms, and published by 2K Games, while the Xbox 360 version was ported by Venom Games. The game was initially released in North America and Europe on July 11, 2006. Prey uses a heavily modified version of id Tech 4 to use portals and variable gravity to create the environments the player explores. The game's story is focused on Cherokee Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi as he, his girlfriend, and grandfather are abducted aboard an alien spaceship known as The Sphere as it consumes material, both inanimate and living, from Earth in order to sustain itself. Tommy's Cherokee heritage allows him to let his spirit roam freely at times and come back to life after dying, which gives Tommy an edge in his battle against the Sphere. Prey had been in development in one form or another since 1995, and has had several major revisions. While the general approach to gameplay, including the use of portals, remained in the game, the story and setting changed several times. The game received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its graphics and gameplay but criticizing its multiplayer component for a lack of content. Prey was a commercial success, selling more than one million copies in the first two months of its release and leading to the abortive development of its sequel Prey 2. The rights to Prey passed on to Bethesda Softworks, who released an unrelated game of the same name, developed by Arkane Studios, in 2017.
Webster Dictionary
Preynoun
anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder
Preynoun
that which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim
Preynoun
the act of devouring other creatures; ravage
Preynoun
to take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence
Etymology: [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See Prey, n.]
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Prey
Prey is a first-person shooter video game developed by Human Head Studios, under contract for 3D Realms, and published by 2K Games, the Xbox 360 version was ported by Venom Games. The game was initially released in North America and Europe on 11 July 2006. Prey uses a heavily modified version of id Tech 4 to use portals and variable gravity to create the environments the player explores. The game's story is focused on Cherokee Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi as he, his girlfriend, and grandfather are abducted aboard an alien spaceship known as The Sphere as it consumes material, both inanimate and living, from Earth in order to sustain itself. Tommy's Cherokee past allows him to let his spirit roam freely at times, and gives Tommy an edge in his attempt to stop the Sphere. Prey had been in development in one form or another since 1995, and has had several major revisions. While the general approach to gameplay, including the use of portals, remained in the game, the story and setting changed several times. The game received generally positive reviews and was a commercial success, selling more than one million copies in the first two months of its release and leading to the development of a sequel, with rights owned by the Radar Group. The rights were recently transferred to Bethesda Softworks and Id Software parent company ZeniMax Media.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prey
prā, n. that which is taken by robbery or force: booty: plunder: that which is or may be seized to be devoured: a victim: depredation: (Shak.) the act of seizing.—v.i. to take plunder: to seize and devour: to waste or impair gradually: to weigh heavily (on or upon), as the mind.—adj. Prey′ful (Shak.), having a disposition to prey on others.—Beast of prey, one who devours other animals. [O. Fr. praie (Fr. proie)—L. præda, booty.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
prey
Anything, as goods, etc., taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PREY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Prey is ranked #45804 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Prey surname appeared 466 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Prey.
94.2% or 439 total occurrences were White.
2.3% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
1.2% or 6 total occurrences were Black.
1.2% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'PREY' in Nouns Frequency: #2228
Anagrams for PREY »
pyre
rype
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PREY in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PREY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of PREY in a Sentence
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:
When the security situation changes - and it has - then we have to adapt our military capabilities. But we cannot at the same time fall prey to the illusion that military strength alone leads to security.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness.
This dinosaur was very small, it was an agile, meat eating creature with sharp teeth, sharp claws, able to move swiftly and grab its prey. We don't quite know what it would have eaten, but possibly small reptiles, small mammals, and possibly other dinosaurs as well. It was a bit like a medium sized dog, very slender, very long-tailed to help it balance as it moved.
Social media and video games prey on user addiction, siphoning our kids' attention from the real world and extracting profits from fostering compulsive habits, no matter this business model's advantages to the tech industry, one thing is clear : there is no excuse for exploiting children through such practices.
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Translations for PREY
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- فريسةArabic
- presaCatalan, Valencian
- kořistCzech
- BeuteGerman
- λεία, βοράGreek
- predoEsperanto
- presa, botínSpanish
- saalisFinnish
- butin, proieFrench
- creachScottish Gaelic
- bráðIcelandic
- predaItalian
- טHebrew
- pārurenga, oriMāori
- prooiDutch
- ofiaraPolish
- presa, preiaPortuguese
- pradăRomanian
- еда, трофеи, добыча, жертваRussian
- plen, plijȇnSerbo-Croatian
- preAlbanian
- windoSwahili
- เหยื่อThai
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