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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Preyed (0.04723 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Preyed.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: prey
buruan, mangsa, memangsa, perburuan, sasaran
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: prey
prey
n 1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of
ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or
influence;
“he fell prey to muggers”;
“everyone was fair
game”;
“the target of a manhunt” [syn:
quarry,
target,
fair game]
2: animal hunted or caught for food [syn:
quarry]
v 1: profit from in an exploitatory manner;
“He feeds on her
insecurity” [syn:
feed]
2: prey on or hunt for;
“These mammals predate certain eggs”
[syn:
raven,
predate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Preyed
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 mewed,
While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
To prey on or
To prey upon.
(a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob.
--Shak.
(b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize
and devour. --Shak.
(c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away;
as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
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