āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ
an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Smaller birds often fall prey to hawks and eagles.
āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĨ¤
02
āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°
a person or thing that is the target of an attack, deception, or abuse
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The serial killer sought vulnerable prey in lonely neighborhoods.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻāĻ¤āĨ¤
to prey
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to unfairly take advantage of someone or something for personal gain
Intransitive: to prey on sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cult leader preyed on his followers' loneliness to control them.
āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
02
āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to hunt and kill another creature as food
Intransitive: to prey on another animal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Sharks prey on fish, seals, and other marine animals.
āĻšāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ, āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
