pounce
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of pouncing
Types & categories
- leap hypernym
Related & opposite
- swoop derivation
Sense 2 verb
move down on as if in an attack
The raptor swooped down on its prey
Types & categories
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swoop |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | leap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swoop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pounce |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | come down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stoop |