Word

prey, v.
(preyed, preying, preys)
freq. cnt. 1

profit from in an exploitatory manner
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

feed prey

sample sentences

"He feeds on her insecurity"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

prey on or hunt for
<verb.consumption>

predate prey raven

sample sentences

"These mammals predate certain eggs"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

predation predation

semantic pointers

hypernym