preys
UK/pɹeɪz/
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British/pɹɛjz/
preys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prey.
Meaning of prey
Verb
prey (third-person singular simple present preys, present participle preying, simple past and past participle preyed)
- To act as a predator.
- 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 […]2001, Karen Harden McCracken, The Life History of a Texas Birdwatcher, page 278
Phrases with preys
Words that rhyme with preys
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- amaze
- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
Questions about preys
- What is preys the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Preys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prey.
- How do you pronounce preys?
- Preys is pronounced /pɹeɪz/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: preys (page history and authors); prey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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