cats prey on mice

  • 1prey´er — prey «pray», noun, verb. –n. 1. any animal or animals hunted or seized for food by another animal: »Mice and birds are the prey of cats. The relative number of predatory fish…increased significantly compared with their prey (F. S. Bodenheimer). 2 …

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  • 2prey\ on — • prey (up)on v 1. To habitually kill and eat; catch for food. Cats prey on mice. 2. To capture or take in spoils of war or robbery. Pirates preyed on American ships in the years just after the Revolutionary War. 3. To cheat; rob. Gangsters… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 3prey\ upon — • prey (up)on v 1. To habitually kill and eat; catch for food. Cats prey on mice. 2. To capture or take in spoils of war or robbery. Pirates preyed on American ships in the years just after the Revolutionary War. 3. To cheat; rob. Gangsters… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 4prey on — or[prey upon] {v.} 1. To habitually kill and eat; catch for food. * /Cats prey on mice./ 2. To capture or take in spoils of war or robbery. * /Pirates preyed on American ships in the years just after the Revolutionary War./ 3. To cheat; rob. *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 5prey on — or[prey upon] {v.} 1. To habitually kill and eat; catch for food. * /Cats prey on mice./ 2. To capture or take in spoils of war or robbery. * /Pirates preyed on American ships in the years just after the Revolutionary War./ 3. To cheat; rob. *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6prey — prey1 [preı] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: preie, from Latin praeda something seized ] 1.) [singular,U] an animal, bird etc that is hunted and eaten by another animal = ↑predator ▪ a tiger stalking its prey 2.) bird/beast of prey a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7prey — 1 noun 1 (U) an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal or by a person: a tiger stalking its prey 2 bird/beast of prey a bird or animal which lives by killing and eating other animals: falcons and other birds of prey 3 be/fall prey to… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8mice — maÊŠs n. small rodent with a long tail and a pointy face with little round ears; hand size input device with buttons that when moved across a surface causes the cursor on the screen to move in the same direction (Computers); coward, shy person… …

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  • 9prey on — 1) catch for food, kill and eat Cats usually prey on mice and small birds if they can catch them. 2) cheat, rob Criminals usually prey on people who are living in poor areas …

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  • 10prey upon — 1) catch for food, kill and eat Cats usually prey on mice and small birds if they can catch them. 2) cheat, rob Criminals usually prey on people who are living in poor areas …

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