Word: pounced
Category: pounced
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Synonyms: pounced
jump on, spring on, leap on, dive on, lunge at, fall on, set on, attack suddenly, jump, mug, swoop
Translations: pounced
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spanish
Translations:
Pounced, abalanzó
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german
Translations:
bimste, gestürzt
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french
Translations:
pochoir, bondit, jeta, se jeta
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italian
Translations:
avventa, si avventa, avventò, si avventò, avventarono
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portuguese
Translations:
atacou, aproveitou, pulou, atacaram
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dutch
Translations:
Pounced
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russian
Translations:
набросился, накинулись, набросились, накинулся, обрушился
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norwegian
Translations:
slo ned
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swedish
Translations:
Pounced
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finnish
Translations:
käyneet Kongon kimppuun, loikkasi
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danish
Translations:
Pounced
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czech
Translations:
vrhla, skočil, vrhli, vrhl, něj vrhla
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polish
Translations:
rzucił, rzucił się, rzucili, skoczył, rzucili się
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hungarian
Translations:
előnyomott, egy előnyomott
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turkish
Translations:
saldırılıyor, atladı, peşinden ayrılmıyor, düzdü
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greek
Translations:
όρμησαν, εφόρμησαν, με τα μούτρα
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ukrainian
Translations:
накинувся
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albanian
Translations:
turrën, nxitoi, nxitoi të, e vunë
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bulgarian
Translations:
нахвърли, се нахвърли, се нахвърлиха, нахвърлиха, се хвърли
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belarusian
Translations:
накінуўся, кінуўся
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estonian
Translations:
sööstsin, muutus ärevaks
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croatian
Translations:
skočio, pograbiše
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lithuanian
Translations:
puolė
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romanian
Translations:
năpustit, au năpustit
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slovak
Translations:
vrhla, vrhli, hodila
The meaning and "use of": pounced
verb
- (of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey. - the wolf pounced on the rat
- smooth down by rubbing with pounce or pumice. - The example shown in Plate IX is unusual for its green ground, which was achieved by pouncing the surface with copper oxide while the clay was damp.
- transfer (a design) by the use of pounce. - Surviving examples of drawings that have been pounced are indeed disfigured by cloudy smears of charcoal dust.