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to pounce
01
to move down on something or someone with a sudden, swift action, typically with the intention of seizing or capturing
Intransitive: to pounce on sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
pounce
3rd person singular
pounces
Present participle
pouncing
Past simple
pounced
Past participle
pounced
Examples
The bird swooped down from the sky and pounced on the unsuspecting rodent.
Pounce
01
the act of pouncing
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
pounces
Lexical Tree
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