Prey

Word PREY
Character 4
Hyphenation prey
Pronunciations /pɹeɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Prey"

What do we mean by prey?

An animal hunted or caught by another for food. noun

The collection of animals typically hunted and eaten by a predator. 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

The act or practice of preying. noun

Plunder; booty. noun

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. intransitive verb

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.

Goods taken by robbery or pillage; spoil; booty; plunder. noun

Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.

A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.

The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

The victim of a disease.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Prey

The word "prey" in example sentences

Your prey is at it's highest population in recorded history. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At least the prey is dead - got to be better than being partially eaten alive by, say, a wolf. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His prey is hiding in the Library of Congress, the last place Terror would have looked. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Coyotes will think that the prey is closer than it actually is. so start out kind of low then after a while start going higher. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On this isolated island where no prey is hunted by humans (the moose) there are STILL huge flucuations in wolf and moose numbers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I said the exact same thing as you that the only thing that seperates us from prey is our ability to use our brains, and build technology like weapons to put us on top. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pretend to be a prostitute/hire a prostitute, wait 'till your prey is naked, conk them out and take their clothes. ❋ Kateelliott (2009)

That means that prey is often chosen by how easy it is to catch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The main reason we get predators in town is do to easy prey from the large amount of deer, pets, livestock, etc.. and also do to healthy populations of predators on public ground forcing often young predators to seek out new territory. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They came in twos and threes, creeping silently through the forest, with their flying arrows able to annihilate distance and bring down prey from the top of the loftiest tree without themselves climbing into it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The tastiness of the prey is directly proportional to the creativeness of the attack ❋ Unknown (2010)

Newt and Sarah Palin prey on the feeble minded and this is what we get. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Never mind the politics, my daughter and I are flummoxed: what bird of prey is in the picture?? jeebus Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

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