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  • prey — [[t]preɪ[/t]] n. 1) ecl an animal hunted or seized for food, esp. by a carnivorous animal 2) a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, disease, swindler, injurious agency, etc 3) the action or habit of preying: a beast of prey[/ex] 4)… …   From formal English to slang

  • prey — preyer, n. /pray/, n. 1. an animal hunted or seized for food, esp. by a carnivorous animal. 2. a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, a swindler, a disease, etc.; gull. 3. the action or habit of preying: a beast of prey. 4. Archaic.… …   Universalium

  • prey — I. noun (plural prey; also preys) Etymology: Middle English preie, from Anglo French, from Latin praeda; akin to Latin prehendere to grasp, seize more at get Date: 13th century 1. archaic spoil, booty 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Devour — De*vour , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devouring}.] [F. d[ e]vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up. See {Voracious}.] 1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prey — Prey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preying}.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See {Prey}, n.] To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence. [1913 Webster] More pity that the eagle should be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • devour — index consume, despoil, destroy (efface), eliminate (eradicate), expend (consume), extirpate …   Law dictionary

  • prey — I verb commit violence, consume, depredate, despoil, destroy, devour, eat, extort, fatten upon, feast upon, feed upon, fleece, forage, foray, grab, gut, harass, harrow, hunt, kill, loot, maraud, oppress, parasitize, pillage, pirate, plague,… …   Law dictionary

  • prey on — [v] attack, terrorize blackmail, bleed, bully, burden, consume, depredate, devour, distress, eat, exploit, feed on, fleece, haunt, hunt, intimidate, live off, load, oppress, plunder, raid, seize, take advantage of, tax, trouble, victimize, weigh …   New thesaurus

  • devour — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French devour , stem of devorer, from Latin devorare, from de + vorare to devour more at voracious Date: 14th century 1. to eat up greedily or ravenously < lions devouring their prey > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • devour — verb ADVERB ▪ eagerly, greedily, hungrily ▪ He devoured the food greedily. ▪ quickly ▪ The animal quickly devoured its prey. Devour is used …   Collocations dictionary

  • prey — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ easy ▪ Teenagers are easy prey for unscrupulous drug dealers. ▪ helpless (esp. AmE), unsuspecting ▪ They watched a hawk swoop down on its unsuspecting prey …   Collocations dictionary

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