(n.) A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.
(n.) The twelfth part of a troy pound.
(n.) Fig.: A small portion; a bit.
(n.) A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, / uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.
Example Sentences:
(1) If the police stop me they will have no right to ask me where I got my stuff provided it's not more than an ounce.
(2) The spot price of gold fell by $34 an ounce to $1,442.
(3) HDL2 levels were only significantly different between nondrinkers and those who consumed more than 3 ounces per week.
(4) The mothers of 127 adolescents living in Muscatine, Iowa were asked at the time of a clinic examination to recall their child's birthweight in pounds and ounces.
(5) It was in 1999 that the then chancellor, Gordon Brown, dumped half of Britain's gold reserves at an average selling price of $248 an ounce.
(6) The 12-hour ordeal for Stephanie – who did not wish to speak on the record or use her real name for fear of jeopardizing her job prospects – took place after police found one ounce of marijuana in her car.
(7) Calcium tablets, like almost all drugs, should be taken with 8 ounces of water or other liquid.
(8) Life-style characteristics associated with HDL-C in women were exogenous hormone use, average number of cigarettes smoked per day, average ounces of alcohol consumed per week, body mass index, and use of beta-blockers.
(9) The hypothesis that a cholesterol challenge to the breast fed infant would enable the adult to more efficiently metabolize the sterol does not seem to be supported by available evidence, primarily, because the cholesterol content of human milks varies so markedly; 26 to 52 mg per 8 ounces.
(10) The metaphor has now moved back closer to its slave plantation origins, imagining modern masses sapped of every ounce of living labour.
(11) The other airport boss sympathises: "Is it them being greedy, or airlines wanting every ounce of capacity when they can?
(12) Forty male undergraduates over 21 years of age were provoked following their ingestion of either 1.5 ounces (.045 1) or .5 ounces (.015 1) of 100 proof bourbon or vodka per 40 (18 kg) of body weight.
(13) Investors bet on gold as a safe haven driving prices to a record $1,663.40 an ounce.
(14) Average daily consumption of alcohol declined significantly from 1.4 ounces in 1982 to 1.2 ounces in 1985, but the patterns of use remained relatively constant.
(15) Risk for anatomic abnormalities in the offspring was clearly defined among the 5.6% of infants whose mothers drank more than three ounces of absolute alcohol, that is, more than six drinks, per day.
(16) After that grandstanding, no one about whom there was an ounce of homosexual suspicion wanted to be seen with me, much less date me.
(17) While the terms "light" and "heavy" are relative, forces ranging from 6 to 24 ounces were variants great enough in the areas treated to have elicited movement if movement were possible.
(18) Spraying of malathion at a dosage of 4.5 fluid ounces per acre reduced populations of adult Anopheles albimanus to less than 1% of prespray levels and interrupted epidemic transmission of P. falciparum malaria.
(19) Worldwide, weak property prices and volatile stock markets have sent investors hurrying to buy gold as a safe haven, pushing gold prices to a record $1,895 an ounce on the London PM fix on 5 September 2011.
(20) Compared to the control periods, the mean maximal ischemic ST-segment depression after angina was not changed after Fresca but was increased after 2 ounces of ethanol (P less than 0.01) and after 5 ounces of ethanol (P less than 0.001).
Pounce
Definition:
(n.) A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
(n.) Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
(v. t.) To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
(v. t.) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
(v. t.) A punch or stamp.
(v. t.) Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
(v. t.) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
(v. t.) To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
(v. i.) To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
Example Sentences:
(1) At a dinner party, say, if ever you hear a person speak of a school for Islamic children, or Catholic children (you can read such phrases daily in newspapers), pounce: "How dare you?
(2) And then with nine minutes remaining Agüero was on hand to pounce again after Aaron Cresswell inadvertently diverted Kelechi Iheanacho’s driving run into his path.
(3) Lamine Koné pounced on a knockdown from Jan Kirchhoff in the penalty area, evaded a tackle and squared for the substitute to prod home from seven yards and prompt scenes of unbridled jubilation in the away end.
(4) Just a stepover here, a Cruyff turn there, and his opponent would be destroyed ... Only in real life, Boruc stumbled and bumbled and Olivier Giroud pounced to score.
(5) January is a favoured month for banks to pounce on struggling businesses, while their tills are still full with Christmas takings.
(6) Gekas saw a shot saved by Navas but the goalkeeper could only parry and Papastathopoulos pounced.
(7) BSkyB pounces on 17.9 per cent stake, at 135 pence per share, costing £920m, blocking a potential bid from Virgin.
(8) Throughout the testing period, the latency to play, as indicated by one rat pouncing on the opponent, was significantly higher in prenatally stressed than control rats.
(9) When he went on to begin a sentence with the words, "In my layman's understanding ... " Nel pounced and said: "You see, Mr Dixon, now you call yourself a layman."
(10) Vermaelen’s attempted clearance is scruffy, and Götze pounces on it and fires off an instant shot from 15 yards.
(11) Botín's father, Emilio, executive chairman of the Santander group, was behind the takeover of Abbey National in 2004 and pounced on Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley during the 2008 banking crisis, in deals much envied by rivals.
(12) This week, the Mail pounced on another frighteningly generic cause: sitting down.
(13) Sturridge raced down the right and attempted to lay the ball across to the unmarked Suárez but José Fonte stretched to poke the ball behind just as the Uruguayan prepared to pounce.
(14) Sanchez pounces and switches the ball inside to Vidal.
(15) His passing is sweet and it is really interesting how deceitful he can be: Rodríguez can look absent from the game but can pounce and catch his markers unaware.
(16) Perhaps for all of the potential upsides there are still too many opportunities to fall foul of “death and gaffe watch” journalists waiting to pounce on a too-easily-misconstrued twitter picture.
(17) Supremely confident – although not arrogant – Norway claim they are probably the tournament’s fittest team but Isabell Herlovsen swiftly emphasised she is quick as well as athletic after pouncing on a rare Carney error.
(18) PSG had won the away leg 2-1 despite Zlatan Ibrahimovic's sending off and seemed content to sit back in an uneventful first half but the match came to life 10 minutes into the second period when Valencia's Brazilian forward Jonas pounced on a loose ball to rifle home a fierce shot from outside the penalty area.
(19) As ever, he will be razor sharp, ready to dart and pounce at just the right time, come kick-off against Fulham at Craven Cottageon Saturday, hoping for another goal to add to his wall chart.
(20) Origi read the midfielder’s intentions quicker than any home defender and pounced on the ball, held off Piszczek on the edge of the area and steered a low shot back inside Weidenfeller’s right hand post.