English

Noun

pred ‎(plural preds)

1. (informal, among vorarephiles) A predator.
   • 1999, "Kevin Alexander Cosmic", Vikki and the Rat (on newsgroup alt.fan.vore)

     Well, I've found it useful to befriend other preds, rather than rebel against them.

   • 2001, "Xip", FUR:Shasta! (on newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)

     Non-consentual^[sic] is the easy one, eating somebody whether they like it or not, killing them is not necessarily a requirement, and in fact their squirming on the way down may be pleasure to the pred.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• prȅda

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêd/

Preposition

prȅd ‎(Cyrillic spelling пре̏д)

1. (with accusative) in front of, to the front of (with change of position, answering the question kùda)

   s(j)edni preda me — sit in front of me

2. (with accusative) just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)

   pred rat — just before the war

3. (with instrumental) before, in front of (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)

   s(j)edim pred kućom — I'm sitting in front of the house

4. (with instrumental, figuratively) in face of, facing

Usage notes

The alternative form prȅda occurs before the enclitic forms of the personal pronoun:

prȅda me

prȅda te

prȅda se

prȅda nj

prȅda mnōm

Related terms

1. ispred

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛt/, /prɛd/
• Tonal orthography: pred

Preposition

pred

1. (with accusative) before, in front of (motion to)
2. (with locative) before, in front of (stationary)
3. (with locative) before, previous to (in time)