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Pounce

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Noun

1. pounce

the act of pouncing

Verb

2. pounce, swoop

move down on as if in an attack

Example Sentences:
'The raptor swooped down on its prey'
'The teacher swooped down upon the new students'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pounce

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verb
1. (intr; often foll by on or upon)
to spring or swoop, as in capturing prey
noun
2. 
the act of pouncing; a spring or swoop
3. 
the claw of a bird of prey
verb
(transitive)
to emboss (metal) by hammering from the reverse side
noun
1. 
a very fine resinous powder, esp of cuttlefish bone, formerly used to dry ink or sprinkled over parchment or unsized writing paper to stop the ink from running
2. 
a fine powder, esp of charcoal, that is tapped through perforations in paper corresponding to the main lines of a design in order to transfer the design to another surface
3. 
(as modifier)
a pounce box
verb (transitive)
4. 
to dust (paper) with pounce
5. 
to transfer (a design) by means of pounce

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Pounce

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noun
1. 
a claw or talon of a bird of prey
2. 
the act of pouncing; swoop, spring, or leap
verb intransitiveWord forms: pounced or ˈpouncing
3. 
to swoop down, spring, or leap (on, upon, or at a person or thing) in, or as in, attacking or seizing
noun
1. 
a fine powder, as pulverized cuttlefish bone, formerly used to prevent ink from blotting or to prepare the writing surface of parchment
2. 
a fine powder sprinkled over a stencil to make a design, as on cloth
verb transitiveWord forms: pounced or ˈpouncing
3. 
to sprinkle, rub, finish, or prepare with pounce
4. 
to stencil with pounce

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pounce

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intr.v. pounced, pounc·ing, pounc·es
1. To spring or swoop with intent to seize someone or something: a cat that pounced on a mouse; watched the falcon pounce on the baby rabbit.
2. To attack or criticize suddenly: troops that pounced on a convoy; a reporter who pounced on a politician's change of position.
3. To turn the attention to and try to take advantage of: pounce on an opportunity; pounced on his mistake.
n.
The act or an instance of pouncing.
n.
1. A fine powder formerly used to smooth and finish writing paper and soak up ink.
2. A fine powder, such as pulverized charcoal, dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface.
tr.v. pounced, pounc·ing, pounc·es
1. To sprinkle, smooth, or treat with pounce.
2. To transfer (a stenciled design) with pounce.
tr.v. pounced, pounc·ing, pounc·es
To ornament (metal, for example) by perforating from the back with a pointed implement.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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