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If something p____ on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind.He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience. nounA creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live .Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges.These animals were the prey of hyenas.You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as their prey .Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night.If someone is prey to something bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it.He was prey to a growing despair.You were both a prey to compulsions.verbA creature that preys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them.The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them.The larvae prey upon small aphids.If someone preys on other people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way.The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind.He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience. C1

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prey preyspreyingpreyed

query	If something p____ on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it. The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind. He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.
word	prey
full-definition	noun A creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live . Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges. These animals were the prey of hyenas. You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as their prey . Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night. If someone is prey to something bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it. He was prey to a growing despair. You were both a prey to compulsions. verb A creature that preys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them. The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them. The larvae prey upon small aphids. If someone preys on other people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way. The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt. If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it. The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind. He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.
inflections	preyspreyingpreyed
cefr-level	C1

Prey Preyed Mind Stop Thinking Worrying Absence Children