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Definitions for Preying

[1] an animal hunted or seized for food, especially 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 . booty or plunder.
[5] to seize and devour prey, as an animal does (usually followed by on or upon ): Foxes prey on rabbits.
[6] to make raids or attacks for booty or plunder: The Vikings preyed on coastal settlements.
[7] to exert a harmful or destructive influence: His worries preyed upon his mind.
[8] to victimize another or others (usually followed by on or upon ): loan sharks that prey upon the poor.
[9] an animal hunted or captured by another for food
[10] a person or thing that becomes the victim of a hostile person, influence, etc
[11] beast of prey an animal that preys on others for food
[12] bird of prey a bird that preys on others for food
[13] an archaic word for booty 1
[14] to hunt or seize food by killing other animals
[15] to make a victim (of others), as by profiting at their expense
[16] to exert a depressing or obsessive effect (on the mind, spirits, etc); weigh heavily (upon)

Words related to Preying

preyravening, rapacious, predacious, raptorial, rapacity, predacity, predation, predatism

Words nearby Preying

preyprewash, prewashed, preworn, prewriting, prexy, prey, prey on, prez, prezzie, prf, prf.

Origin of Preying

1200–50; Middle English preye < Old French < Latin praeda booty, prey; akin to prehendere to grasp, seize (see prehension)

Words that may be confused with Preying

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, preypray, prayer, prey

Other words from Preying

prey·er , noun
un·prey·ing , adjective

Word origin for Preying

C13: from Old French preie, from Latin praeda booty; see predatory

Synonyms for Preying

ravening, predaceous, predacious, rapacious, raptorial