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praise (PRAYZ) (noun)
1. Favorable judgment or comment: The critic gave high praise for the new portrait in the art gallery.
2. An expression of approval or admiration: The praise Karen received motivated her to do even more to help people.
2. An expression of approval or admiration: The praise Karen received motivated her to do even more to help people.
praise (PRAYZ) (verb)
To glorify or to worship: The hymn was sung to praise the new church building that the congregation felt God had provided.
prays (PRAYZ) (verb)
1. Used in the third person singular, to make a request in a humble manner: The minister prays before and after each religious ceremony.
2. Used in the third person singular, to implore: The student standing before the school official certainly prays that she is not in trouble.
2. Used in the third person singular, to implore: The student standing before the school official certainly prays that she is not in trouble.
preys (PRAYZ) (verb)
1. Used in the third person singular, to engage in the act of hunting or killing for food: The wolf preys on smaller animals in order to survive.
2. Used in the third person singular, to raid, to seize, or to commit robbery: The street ruffian often preys on children going to school by stealing their lunch money.
2. Used in the third person singular, to raid, to seize, or to commit robbery: The street ruffian often preys on children going to school by stealing their lunch money.
Should a person who preys on other people for money receive praise just because he prays?
This entry is located in the following unit:
Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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1. An animal or animals caught, killed, and eaten by another animal as food; for example, a shrew's prey consists largely of earthworms and wood lice.
2. Someone who is attacked by or who receives cruel or unfair treatment from another person.
3. The natural practice or habit of predatory animals of hunting, killing, and eating other animals.
4. Etymology: from Latin praedari, "to plunder, to rob"; from praeda, "booty".
2. Someone who is attacked by or who receives cruel or unfair treatment from another person.
3. The natural practice or habit of predatory animals of hunting, killing, and eating other animals.
4. Etymology: from Latin praedari, "to plunder, to rob"; from praeda, "booty".
prey (verb), preys; preyed; preying
1. To seize and to devour prey, as an animal does: Foxes prey on rabbits.
2. To make raids or attacks for booty or plunder.
3. To exert a harmful or destructive influence: Hank's worries preyed upon his mind.
4. To victimize another person or others: There are loan sharks that prey upon those who are in great need of money.
2. To make raids or attacks for booty or plunder.
3. To exert a harmful or destructive influence: Hank's worries preyed upon his mind.
4. To victimize another person or others: There are loan sharks that prey upon those who are in great need of money.