All prey synonyms
prey
P p noun prey
- mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
- fair play — just and honorable treatment, action, or conduct: The political campaign was notably lacking in fair play.
- kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- quest — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- innocents — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
- quarry — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- gopher — an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- by-word — a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
- chased — Pursue in order to catch or catch up with.
- fair game — a legitimate or likely object of attack, mockery, etc.: With his fat, round face, the politician was fair game for the cartoonists.
- winnings — Plural form of winning.
verb prey
- kip — Also called kip-up [kip-uhp] /ˈkɪpˌʌp/ (Show IPA), kick-up. an acrobatic movement in which a person moves from a position lying on the back to a standing position with a vigorous swing of both legs coordinated with a launching push of the arms.
- knock over — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- kips — Also called kip-up [kip-uhp] /ˈkɪpˌʌp/ (Show IPA), kick-up. an acrobatic movement in which a person moves from a position lying on the back to a standing position with a vigorous swing of both legs coordinated with a launching push of the arms.
- lofted — a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- creamed — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- forayed — a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- lofting — a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- foraying — a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.