Meaning of prey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.
   countable, uncountable
2. That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured
3. One that is made to suffer injury, loss, or death:casualty, victim.
4. A person or thing given up as a victim.
   countable, uncountable
5. A person or thing given up as a victim
6. a bird or animal, birds or animals, that is/are hunted by other birds or animals for food. The lion tore at its prey. prooi فَريسَه плячка presa kořist die Beute bytte λείαpresa saak طعمه saalis proieטרף शिकार plijen zsákmány mangsa bráð preda えじき 먹이 grobis, auka laupījums; medījums; upuris mangsa prooibyttezdobycz presa pradă жертва, добыча korisť plen plen rov, byte เหยื่อ av 被捕食的動物(犧牲品) здобич شکار کيا جانے والا جانور يا پرندہ con mồi 被捕食的动物（牺牲品）
7. A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
   countable, uncountable
8. A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing
9. an animal, eg the lion, or a bird, eg the eagle, that kills and eats others. roofdier حيوان كاسِر أو طَيْر جارِح грабливо/хищно животно/птица animal/ave de rapina dravec das Raubtier, der Raubvogel rovdyr αρπακτικό animal/ave de rapiña röövloom, röövlind حیوانات شکاری petoeläin/-lintu prédateur/oiseau de proie טורף गोश्तख़ोर जानवर žrtva ragadozó (madár) pemangsa rándÿr/-fugl animale/uccello predatore 猛獣 짐승/맹금 plėšrūnas plēsējs; plēsīgs zvērs/putns binatang / burung pemangsa roofdier rovdyr/-f...
   eg
10. Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
11. Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war
12. to attack as prey. Hawks prey upon smaller birds. roof يَفْتَرِس ловя atacar lovit, živit se Jagd machen auf jage κυνηγώ, λυμαίνομαι, βασανίζω cazar una presa (röövsaagist) elatuma شکار کردن saalistaa faire sa proie de לִטרוֹף शिकार करना hvatati plijen zsákmányul ejt vmit menyerang lifa á, hafa að bráð fare preda di 捕えて食べる (~을) 먹고 살다 medžioti, persekioti medīt, ķert (laupījumu) menjadi mangsa azen opjakte på polować na ښكار كول atacar a ataca охотиться, ловить loviť, živiť sa prežati napasti ...
13. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
14. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage
15. An animal hunted or caught by another for food: The leopard carried its prey into a tree.
16. The victim of a disease.
    countable, uncountable
17. An object or victim of attack: ships that became the prey of pirates.
18. Archaic a. The act or practice of preying.
    Archaic
19. To hunt, catch, or eat as prey: Owls prey on mice.
20. To victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense: swindlers who prey upon the weak.
21. To plunder or pillage: Vikings preying on coastal settlements.

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Examples

“The deer became prey to the lion.”

“Already sees herself the monster's prey.”

“[The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […]”

“Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.”

“The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's prey.”

“Stranded without any weapons, we made very easy prey.”

“The old lion perisheth for lack of prey.”

“Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.”

“And they brought the captiues, and the pray, and the spoile vnto Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, vnto the campe at the plaines of Moab, which are by Iordan neere Iericho.”

“Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, […] lion in prey.”

“He became the prey of dengue.”

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