Synonyms for prey
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : prey |
| Phonetic Transcription : preɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for prey Other synonyms for the word prey
Définition of prey
Origin :- mid-13c., "animal hunted for food," also "that which is taken in war," from Old French preie "booty, animal taken in the chase" (mid-12c., Modern French proie), from Latin praeda "booty, plunder, game hunted," earlier praeheda, related to prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile).
- noun target of attack
- The voice, too, when he spoke, was as deep and as fierce as the growl of a beast of prey.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They were not our prey, for they would not rise at a fly, and we knew it.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- And yet, we all agree in one object of our being—all prey on each other!
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- In less than a year after his return to Silsea, he died—a prey to remorse.
- Extract from : « Theresa Marchmont » by Mrs Charles Gore
- Then would the voice especially claim us for its prey, and rend us all to pieces.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Prada again felt worried, a prey to the discomfort of uncertainty.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The reason for this is to be sought in the great abundance of their prey.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- If he cannot approach near enough to blow a hole in his prey, he does not fire.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- The stork is a bird of prey; it is vigilant, greedy, and catches gudgeons.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- The rage of Miss Brewster increased when she did not find her prey where she expected.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
Antonyms for prey
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