pounced Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move down on as if in an attack
    pounce; swoop.
    • The raptor swooped down on its prey
    • The teacher swooped down upon the new students

WordNet

Pounced adjective
Definitions
  1. Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle. Thomson.
  2. Ornamented with perforations or dots. Obs. "Gilt bowls pounced and pierced." Holinshed.

Webster 1913