FED (ON, UPON, OR OFF) Synonyms: 11 Similar Words

fed (on, upon, or off)

verb

past tense of feed (on, upon, or off)

as in preyed (on or upon)

to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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If you are being stalked and closely followed by a bear, the attack that may follow is not defensive, the National Park Service said.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2026
Also this week, a judge determined that Mortensen’s roommate, Cru Eaton, has stalked Paul, which formed the basis of an injunction against him.

— Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026

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In that massacre, Black South Carolinians were systematically hunted throughout their community over an alleged attack on a white elderly woman, which was later proved false.

— Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Marmots, woodland creatures whose raw viscera are believed by Siberians to have medicinal properties, are not infrequently hunted by poachers and sold at wet markets.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

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