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
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spanish
Translations:
abalanza, se lanza, se abalanza, enseguida agarrará
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german
Translations:
bimst, stürzt, stürzt sich, Pounces
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french
Translations:
ponces, se jette, bondit, se rue
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italian
Translations:
avventa, si avventa, spolveri
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portuguese
Translations:
ataca, se lança
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dutch
Translations:
Pounces, neerschiet
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russian
Translations:
набрасывается
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swedish
Translations:
kastar
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czech
Translations:
vrhá
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polish
Translations:
rzuca, rzuca się, wskakuje
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hungarian
Translations:
lecsap
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turkish
Translations:
sýralýyor
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ukrainian
Translations:
накидається, кидається, нападає
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bulgarian
Translations:
нахвърля, се нахвърля
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belarusian
Translations:
накідваецца, накідваліся
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latvian
Translations:
Pounces
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macedonian
Translations:
Дејства, Дејства за, дејство за пријател
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slovenian
Translations:
vrže
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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.