prey
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- victim hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
profit from in an exploitatory manner
He feeds on her insecurity
Types & categories
- exploit hypernym
Related & opposite
- prey derivation
Sense 3 noun
animal hunted or caught for food
Types & categories
- animal hypernym
Related & opposite
- raven derivation
Sense 4 verb
prey on or hunt for
These mammals predate certain eggs
Types & categories
- forage hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | target |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prey |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | victim |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prey |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | exploit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | raven |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | predation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | predation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | prey |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | forage |