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Hunter

One who hunts game.
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Prey

An animal hunted or caught by another for food
The leopard carried its prey into a tree.
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Hunter

A dog bred or trained for use in hunting.
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Prey

The collection of animals typically hunted and eaten by a predator
The acoustic location of prey by barn owls.
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Hunter

A horse, typically a strong fast jumper, that has been bred or trained for use in hunting.
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Prey

An object or victim of attack
Ships that became the prey of pirates.
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Hunter

One who searches for or seeks something
A treasure hunter.
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Prey

One that is subjected to or afflicted with something
Was prey to depression.
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Hunter

Hunter green.
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Prey

One that is deceived or taken advantage of by another
Easy prey for swindlers.
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Hunter

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
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Prey

The act or practice of preying.
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Hunter

A dog used in hunting.
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Prey

Plunder; booty.
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Hunter

A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
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Prey

To hunt, catch, or eat as prey
Owls prey on mice.
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Hunter

One who hunts or seeks after anything.
The hunter becomes the hunted.
A fortune hunter
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Prey

To victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense
Swindlers who prey upon the weak.
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Hunter

(psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
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Prey

To plunder or pillage
Vikings preying on coastal settlements.
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Hunter

A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
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Prey

To exert a baneful or injurious effect
Remorse preyed on his mind.
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Hunter

A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
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Prey

(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war
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Hunter

One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
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Prey

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured
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Hunter

A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
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Prey

A person or thing given up as a victim.
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Hunter

A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
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Prey

A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.
The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's prey.
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Hunter

One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
No keener hunter after glory breathes.
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Prey

(archaic) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
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Hunter

A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
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Prey

The victim of a disease.
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Hunter

A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
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Prey

(intransitive) To act as a predator.
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Hunter

Someone who hunts game
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Prey

Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest.
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Hunter

A person who searches for something;
A treasure hunter
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Prey

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey.
Already sees herself the monster's prey.
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Hunter

A watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal
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Prey

The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, . . . lion in prey.
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Prey

To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
More pity that the eagle should be mewed,While kites and buzzards prey at liberty.
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Prey

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
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Prey

Animal hunted or caught for food
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Prey

Profit from in an exploitatory manner;
He feeds on her insecurity
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Prey

Prey on or hunt for;
These mammals predate certain eggs
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