ALL meanings of prey
prey
P p - noun prey hunted animal 1
- intransitive verb prey animal: hunt as food 1
- intransitive verb prey person: victimize 1
- intransitive verb prey worry, preoccupy 1
- noun prey person: victim 1
- noun prey an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal. 1
- noun prey a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, a swindler, a disease, etc.; gull. 1
- noun prey the action or habit of preying: a beast of prey. 1
- noun prey Archaic. booty or plunder. 1
- verb without object prey to seize and devour prey, as an animal does (usually followed by on or upon): Foxes prey on rabbits. 1
- verb without object prey to make raids or attacks for booty or plunder: The Vikings preyed on coastal settlements. 1
- verb without object prey to exert a harmful or destructive influence: His worries preyed upon his mind. 1
- verb without object prey to victimize another or others (usually followed by on or upon): loan sharks that prey upon the poor. 1
- uncountable noun prey A creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live. 0
- verb prey A creature that preys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them. 0
- uncountable noun prey You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as their prey. 0
- verb prey If someone preys on other people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way. 0
- verb prey If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it. 0
- uncountable noun prey If someone is prey to something bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it. 0
- noun prey an animal hunted or captured by another for food 0
- noun prey a person or thing that becomes the victim of a hostile person, influence, etc 0
- verb prey to hunt or seize food by killing other animals 0
- verb prey to make a victim (of others), as by profiting at their expense 0
- verb prey to exert a depressing or obsessive effect (on the mind, spirits, etc); weigh heavily (upon) 0
- noun prey plunder; booty 0
- noun prey an animal hunted or killed for food by another animal 0
- noun prey a person or thing that falls victim to someone or something 0
- noun prey the mode of living by preying on other animals 0
- intransitive verb prey to plunder; rob 0
- intransitive verb prey to hunt or kill other animals for food 0
- intransitive verb prey to make profit from a victim as by swindling 0
- intransitive verb prey to have a wearing or harmful influence; weigh heavily 0