vulture

CEFRB1

/ˈvʌltʃə/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large bird that feeds mainly on dead animals.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person who profits from the suffering of others.

Examples

  • It ain't called Vulture Valley for nothin', Bub!

  • The eagle is a raptor, like the falcon and vulture.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

  2. Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. ravenous; rapacious

More examples

In context

  • Rudy vultured when asking the girl out.

  • Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.

  • In clusters on the plain, like cowlless monks at matins, sat the vultures that had settled on the corpse of the hyena impaled by the female rhino […]

Synonyms

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After the lion killed the zebra, a blank circled overhead waiting to eat the remains.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. Displaced native Old English ūf.