gut vs prey

gut

noun
  • A person's emotional, visceral self. 

  • A narrow passage of water. 

  • A class that is not demanding or challenging. 

  • The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. 

  • The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc. 

  • The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged 

  • The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line. 

adj
  • Instinctive. 

  • Made of gut. 

verb
  • To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of). 

  • To eviscerate. 

  • To remove or destroy the most important parts of. 

prey

noun
  • A person or thing given up as a victim. 

  • That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured 

  • A living thing that is eaten by another living thing. 

  • The victim of a disease. 

verb
  • To act as a predator. 

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