Definition of To prey on

To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob
To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour.
- Shak.
To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, the trouble preyed upon his mind.
- Shak.

See also: Prey Prey Prey



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To pocket a ball
To pocket an insult
To point a rope
To point a sail
To point at
To point off
To point the yards
To point well
To poke fun
To poke fun at
To polish off
To poll a jury
To pop off
To pop the question
To post off
To post over
To pray in aid
To preach down
To preach up
To preserve game
To prime a pump
To promise one's self
To propose to one's self
To protest a bill
To publish a will
To pull a finch
To pull and haul
To pull apart
To pull down
To pull in one's horns
To pull off
To pull through
To pull up
To push down
To push on
To put (someone) through one's paces
To put [one] out of conceit with
To put a case
To put a rod in pickle
To put a spoke in one's wheel
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