prey
/pɹeɪ/ nom B2En français : proie, butin, prise
- That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured. · The deer became prey to the lion.
- A person or thing given up as a victim.
- A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing. · The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's prey.· Stranded without any weapons, we made very easy prey.
- The victim of a disease. · He became the prey of dengue.
Pluriel preys
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
And with this raillery Andrea went out, leaving the two girls a prey to their own feelings of shame, and to the comments of the crowd.
When they had taken as many beasts as their necessities required, the Lion undertook to distribute the prey, and for this purpose divided it into three shares.
AN EAGLE sat on a lofty rock, watching the movements of a Hare whom he sought to make his prey.
The Serpent, irritated at the escape of his prey, injected his poison into the drinking horn of the countryman.
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