English-Thai Dictionary

predatory

ADJ ที่ กิน สัตว์ อื่น เป็น อาหาร  voracious carnivorous omnivorous ti-kin-sad-pen-ar-han

 

predatory

ADJ ที่ ปล้น หรือ ขโมย มา  marauding looting pillaging ti-plon-rue-ka-moi-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREDATORY

a.[L. proedatorius, from proeda, prey. ] 1. Plundering; pillaging; characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; as a predatory war; a predatory excursion; a predatory party.
2. Hungry; ravenous; as predatory spirits or appetite. [Hardly allowable. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREDATORY

Pred "a *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey. ]

 

1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. "A predatory war. " Macaulay.

 

2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [Obs. ] Exercise. .. maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. Bacon.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

predatory

pred a to ry |ˈpredəˌtôrē ˈprɛdəˌtɔri | ▶adjective 1 relating to or denoting an animal or animals preying naturally on others: predatory birds. 2 seeking to exploit or oppress others: a life destroyed by predatory biographers and yellow journalists. DERIVATIVES pred a to ri ly |ˌpredəˈtôrəlē |adverb, pred a to ri ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to plundering ’): from Latin praedatorius, from praedator ‘plunderer ’ (see predator ).

 

predatory pricing

pred a to ry pric ing |ˈprɛdəˌtɔri praɪsɪŋ | ▶noun the pricing of goods or services at such a low level that other suppliers cannot compete and are forced to leave the market.

 

Oxford Dictionary

predatory

preda |tory |ˈprɛdət (ə )ri | ▶adjective 1 (of an animal ) preying naturally on others: predatory species of shark. 2 seeking to exploit others: she always felt at the mercy of predatory men. DERIVATIVES predatorily adverb, predatoriness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to plundering ’): from Latin praedatorius, from praedator ‘plunderer ’ (see predator ).

 

predatory pricing

preda |tory pri ¦cing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the pricing of goods or services at such a low level that other firms cannot compete and are forced to leave the market.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

predatory

predatory adjective 1 predatory birds: predacious, carnivorous, hunting, raptorial; of prey. 2 a predatory gleam in his eyes: exploitative, wolfish, rapacious, vulturine, vulturous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

predatory

predatory adjective 1 predatory birds: predacious, carnivorous, hunting, raptorial, ravening; of prey; rare raptatorial. 2 I could see a predatory gleam in his eyes: exploitative, wolfish, rapacious, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, vulturine; rare vulturous. 3 a warlike and predatory clan: marauding, plundering, pillaging, ravaging, looting, robbing, thieving, rapacious; rare plunderous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

predatory

pred a to ry /prédətɔ̀ːri |-t (ə )ri /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 捕食性の, 肉食性の 〈動物 〉.2 略奪の, 略奪を目的とした .3 利己的な .～̀ l é nding 略奪的貸付 〘返済不能になることを見越して担保物件を取り上げることを目的とする 〙.