prey
verb/preɪ/
/preɪ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they prey | /preɪ/ /preɪ/ |
| he / she / it preys | /preɪz/ /preɪz/ |
| past simple preyed | /preɪd/ /preɪd/ |
| past participle preyed | /preɪd/ /preɪd/ |
| -ing form preying | /ˈpreɪɪŋ/ /ˈpreɪɪŋ/ |
Idioms
See prey in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee prey in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishprey on somebody’s mind
- (of a thought, problem, etc.) to make somebody think and worry about it all the time
- The thought that he could have helped more preyed on his mind.
- It's been preying on my mind ever since it happened.
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