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prey
singular or plural noun
1 an animal or animals hunted as food by another animal in search of prey .
2 a victim or victims easy prey for muggers .
3 (usu a prey to something) someone liable to suffer from (an illness, a bad feeling, etc).
verb (preyed , preying ) intr (now esp prey on or upon something or someone)
1 said of an animal: to hunt or catch (another animal) as food.
2 a to bully, exploit or terrorize as victims;
b to afflict them in an obsessive way preyed on by anxieties .
[13c: from French preie , from Latin praeda booty]
singular or plural noun
1 an animal or animals hunted as food by another animal in search of prey .
2 a victim or victims easy prey for muggers .
3 (usu a prey to something) someone liable to suffer from (an illness, a bad feeling, etc).
verb (preyed , preying ) intr (now esp prey on or upon something or someone)
1 said of an animal: to hunt or catch (another animal) as food.
2 a to bully, exploit or terrorize as victims;
b to afflict them in an obsessive way preyed on by anxieties .
[13c: from French preie , from Latin praeda booty]
| prey A word often confused with this one is pray. |
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