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"word": "beast of prey"
},
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"word": "bird of prey"
},
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"word": "easy prey"
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"word": "fall prey"
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"word": "prey eyes"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English preye, prei, preyȝe, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French preie, one of the variants of proie, from Latin praeda. Compare predator.",
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"That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured."
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"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "prooi"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
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],
"word": "pre"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "farīsa",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَرِيسَة"
},
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "zdabýča",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здабы́ча"
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"roman": "spažýva",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
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],
"word": "спажы́ва"
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"roman": "pljáčka",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пля́чка"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "presa"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "獵物"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lièwù",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "猎物"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytte"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "prooi"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "predo"
},
{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "saak"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "saalis"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "proie"
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{
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"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prede"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Beute"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vorá",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βορά"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ágra",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἄγρα"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thḗrama",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "θήραμα"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "téref",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טֶרֶף"
},
{
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bráð"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "creach"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "preda"
},
{
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"alt": "えもの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "emono",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "獲物"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "meogi",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "먹이"
},
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"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "byttedyr"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytte"
},
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"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "byttedyr"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "to'me",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "طُعمِه"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wiltfank"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "żer"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zdobycz"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pastwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "pradă"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobýča",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "добы́ча"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jedá",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "еда́"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "požíva",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пожи́ва"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "creach"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пле̑н"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "плије̑н"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plȇn"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plijȇn"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "windo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "byte"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdobýča",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здоби́ча"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdóbyč",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здо́бич"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dóbyč",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "до́бич"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spožýva",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спожи́ва"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "požýva",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пожи́ва"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 7 14 3 3 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "mồi"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58",
"text": "Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person or thing given up as a victim."
],
"id": "en-prey-en-noun-E6w722Wu",
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
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{
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's prey.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Stranded without any weapons, we made very easy prey.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7",
"text": "Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.",
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],
"glosses": [
"A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing."
],
"id": "en-prey-en-noun-HqYko2MK",
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war."
],
"id": "en-prey-en-noun-gvVnV5Fr",
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"(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "spoil"
},
{
"word": "booty"
},
{
"word": "plunder"
}
],
"tags": [
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"countable",
"uncountable"
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "buit"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡanīma",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "غَنِيمَة"
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{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pradã"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdabýča",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здабы́ча"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "spažýva",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спажы́ва"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pljáčka",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пля́чка"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kořist"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytte"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buit"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "predo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "saak"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "saalis"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "butin"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prise"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prea"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Beute"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "leía",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λεία"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "saakki"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preda"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "oljo",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "олжо"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plen",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плен"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "pārurenga"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a disease",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "ori"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "preda"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytte"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zdobycz"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preia"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 6 3 86 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plen",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "pārurenga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a disease",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "ori"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "preda"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytte"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zdobycz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "pradă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobýča",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "добы́ча"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "troféi",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "трофе́и"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "požíva",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пожи́ва"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priz",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "приз"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "creach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пле̑н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "плије̑н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plȇn"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plijȇn"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "korisť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "botín"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "windo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "byte"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdobýča",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здоби́ча"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dobútok",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "добу́ток"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "booty, anything taken by force",
"word": "seyd (diq)"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "prooi"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pre"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "farīsa",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَرِيسَة"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdabýča",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здабы́ча"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "spažýva",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спажы́ва"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pljáčka",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пля́чка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "presa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "獵物"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lièwù",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "猎物"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "prooi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "predo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "saak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "saalis"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "proie"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prede"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Beute"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vorá",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βορά"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ágra",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἄγρα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thḗrama",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "θήραμα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "téref",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טֶרֶף"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bráð"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "creach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "preda"
},
{
"alt": "えもの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "emono",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "獲物"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "meogi",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "먹이"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "byttedyr"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bytte"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "byttedyr"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "to'me",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "طُعمِه"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wiltfank"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "żer"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zdobycz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pastwa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "pradă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobýča",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "добы́ча"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jedá",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "еда́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "požíva",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пожи́ва"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "creach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пле̑н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "плије̑н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plȇn"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plijȇn"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "windo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "byte"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdobýča",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здоби́ча"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdóbyč",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "здо́бич"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dóbyč",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "до́бич"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spožýva",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спожи́ва"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "požýva",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пожи́ва"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "that which may be seized by animals",
"word": "mồi"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "ravage",
"word": "prooi"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "ravage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kořist"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "ravage",
"word": "prooi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ravage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Beute"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "leía",
"sense": "ravage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λεία"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ravage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "squartamento"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ravage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ravage",
"word": "sacrificiu"
},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "victim",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žértva",
"sense": "ravage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "же́ртва"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"feminine"
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"food",
"lifestyle"
],
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"sense": "ravage",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "victim of a disease",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "victim of a disease",
"word": "ori"
}
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"name": "der"
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{
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},
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"name": "m"
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],
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{
"form": "preys",
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"third-person"
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{
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{
"word": "predate"
}
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"ref": "2001, Karen Harden McCracken, The Life History of a Texas Birdwatcher, page 278",
"text": "The ridge had been a haven for birds and small earth creatures, creeping, crawling, and hopping in a little world of balanced ecology where wild things preyed and were preyed upon […]",
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act as a predator",
"word": "lauern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act as a predator",
"word": "auflauern"
}
],
"word": "prey"
}
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