Word: pounces
Category: pounces
Pets & Animals, Hobbies & Leisure, Reference
Synonyms: pounces
jump on, spring on, leap on, dive on, lunge at, fall on, set on, attack suddenly, jump, mug, swoop
Translations: pounces
pounces in spanish
Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
abalanza, se lanza, se abalanza, enseguida agarrará
pounces in german
Dictionary:
german
Translations:
bimst, stürzt, stürzt sich, Pounces
pounces in french
Dictionary:
french
Translations:
ponces, se jette, bondit, se rue
pounces in italian
Dictionary:
italian
Translations:
avventa, si avventa, spolveri
pounces in portuguese
Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
ataca, se lança
pounces in dutch
Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
Pounces, neerschiet
pounces in russian
Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
набрасывается
pounces in swedish
Dictionary:
swedish
Translations:
kastar
pounces in czech
Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
vrhá
pounces in polish
Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
rzuca, rzuca się, wskakuje
pounces in hungarian
Dictionary:
hungarian
Translations:
lecsap
pounces in turkish
Dictionary:
turkish
Translations:
sýralýyor
pounces in ukrainian
Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
накидається, кидається, нападає
pounces in bulgarian
Dictionary:
bulgarian
Translations:
нахвърля, се нахвърля
pounces in belarusian
Dictionary:
belarusian
Translations:
накідваецца, накідваліся
pounces in latvian
Dictionary:
latvian
Translations:
Pounces
pounces in macedonian
Dictionary:
macedonian
Translations:
Дејства, Дејства за, дејство за пријател
pounces in slovenian
Dictionary:
slovenian
Translations:
vrže
pounces in slovak
Dictionary:
slovak
Translations:
vrhá, ženie, hádže
The meaning and "use of": pounces
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.