Prey

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An animal hunted or caught by another for food.
  • noun. The collection of animals typically hunted and eaten by a predator.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An object or victim of attack.
  • noun. One that is subjected to or afflicted with something.
  • noun. One that is deceived or taken advantage of by another.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or practice of preying.
  • noun. Plunder; booty.
  • intransitive verb. To hunt, catch, or eat as prey.
  • intransitive verb. To victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense.
  • intransitive verb. To plunder or pillage.
  • intransitive verb. To exert a baneful or injurious effect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An obsolete form of pray.
  • To take booty; commit robbery or pillage; seize spoils: generally with on or upon.
  • To seize and devour an animal as prey: generally followed by on or upon.
  • To exert wasting or destroying power or influence ; bring injury, decay, or destruction: generally followed by on or upon.
  • To ravage; pillage; make prey of.
  • noun. Goods taken by robbery or pillage; spoil; booty; plunder.
  • noun. That which is seized by any carnivorous animal to be devoured; quarry, as of a raptorial bird.
  • noun. Hence That which is given into the power of another or others; a victim.
  • noun. The act of preying or seizing upon anything.
  • noun. The act of seizing in order to devour; seizure, as by a carnivorous animal of its victim.
  • noun. Synonyms Booty, etc. (see pillage).
  • noun. Ravin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
  • intransitive verb. To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • noun. Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
  • noun. That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
  • noun. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
  • noun. a carnivorous animal; one that feeds on the flesh of other animals.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
  • noun. That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
  • noun. A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.
  • verb. To victimize, hunt, attack or plunder.
  • verb. To devour.
  • verb. To exert harmful influence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. animal hunted or caught for food
  • noun. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
  • verb. profit from in an exploitatory manner
  • verb. prey on or hunt for
  • Word Usage
    "Your prey is at it's highest population in recorded history."
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    A  A.  Bay  Bombay  Bua  
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    beast  booty  companion  deer  foe  
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    preyed  preying  preys