Definition of pounces Pounces
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What does pounces mean?
Part of speech
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NounPlural: pounces |
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| pounce - the act of pouncing | ||
| leaping, bounce, bound, leap, saltation, spring the quality of a substance that is able to rebound | ||
Verb |
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| pounce - move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" | ||
| swoop | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
| stoop carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pounce (Noun)
A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing. - pounce (Noun)
Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. - pounce (Verb)
To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder. - pounce (Verb)
To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something. - pounce (Verb)
To attack suddenly. - pounce (Verb)
To eagerly seize an opportunity.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pounce (n.)
A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript. - pounce (n.)
Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. - pounce (v. t.)
To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern. - pounce (v. t.)
The claw or talon of a bird of prey. - pounce (v. t.)
A punch or stamp. - pounce (v. t.)
Cloth worked in eyelet holes. - pounce (v. t.)
To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons. - pounce (v. t.)
To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. - pounce (v. i.)
To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
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pounce
To apply an art technique used for transferring an image from one surface to another.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pounce
powns, v.i. to fall (upon) and seize with the claws: to dart suddenly (upon).—v.t. to ornament with small holes: to strike with the claws.—n. a hawk's claw: the paw of a lion or other animal.—adj. Pounced, furnished with talons. [Orig. to pierce, to stamp holes in for ornament; through Romance forms, from L. pungĕre, punctum.] -
pounce
powns, n. a fine powder for preparing a surface for writing on: coloured powder sprinkled over holes pricked in paper to form a pattern on paper underneath.—v.t. to sprinkle with pounce, as paper or a pattern.—ns. Pounce′-box, Poun′cet-box, a box with a perforated lid for sprinkling pounce. [Fr. ponce, pumice—L. pumex, pumicis, pumice-stone.]
