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to predate

to predate

1 7.2
To hunt and eat another animal
  • verb
  • /prɪˈdeɪt/
  • Specialized
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  • The hawk will predate on smaller birds and rodents in the area.

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Examples

  • Species-level competition occurs whenever a transplanted species proves better at exploiting an ecological niche than the native species that predates it; in doing so, it earns the title, "invasive."

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  • Point being, if she looked like a normal human, it was probably a Dalek that predated Davros' interference.

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  • We predate on some of them; others predate on us.

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  • We predate on some of them; others predate on us.

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  • Certainly it is unique since other creatures don't, as a matter of routine, predate their own kind.

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  • It's primarily predating on the weak, the poor, the elderly, those who simply don't measure up.

  • And there was a problem with coyotes predating on predating on sheep.

  • These alligators predate on fish and small mammals near the water.

  • Wolves predate on deer and other herbivores in the forest.

Synonyms

to hunt
vsto predate
367 1.4

To chase and kill wild animals for food or sport

focuses only on hunting for animal food rather than sport
to prey
vsto predate
16 3.7

To hunt and eat other animals for food

has the identical meaning for the hunting and feeding action
to hunt down
vsto predate
6 4.0

Chase and take wild animals for food or sport

describes general hunting to eat rather than intense pursuit
to depredate
vsto predate
  • Specialized
9.9

To eat crops and stored food and cause damage, often by animals

is limited to hunting animals for food not broad plundering
to raven
vsto predate
  • Archaic
9.9

To take goods by force from places during war or attack

is about hunting and eating animals not seizing goods

Antonyms

to defend
∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

How Predatory

to predate
  • Specialized
1 7.2
to hunt
367 1.4

Surface Forms

predate infinitive
predated past
predated past participle
predating present participle
predates third person singular

Etymology

Predate comes from an old Latin word praedari and is related to English prey and predator, where it meant 'to take by force', so to predate is to hunt or eat another animal.