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1 prowl
prowl [praʊl]2. noun3. compounds* * *[praʊl] 1.to be on the prowl — rôder ( for en quête de)
2.to go on the prowl — [animal] partir en quête d'une proie; fig faire une virée
transitive verb3.intransitive verb (also prowl around, prowl about GB) [animal, person] gen rôder; ( restlessly) [person] faire les cent pas; [animal] ( in cage) tourner -
2 prowl
prowl [praʊl]rôder(street, jungle) rôder dans;∎ cats prowled the rooftops des chats rôdaient sur les toits3 noun∎ to be on the prowl rôder;∎ to be on the prowl for sth être en quête ou à la recherche de qch;∎ also figurative to go on the prowl partir en chasse►► American prowl car voiture f de police en patrouillerôderrôder dans;∎ to prowl about the streets rôder dans les rues -
3 prowl
A n to be on the prowl rôder (for en quête de) ; to go on the prowl [animal] partir en quête d'une proie ; fig [person] faire une virée.C vi ( also prowl around, prowl about GB) [animal, person] gen rôder ; ( restlessly) [person] faire les cent pas ; [animal] ( in cage) tourner. -
4 prowl
(to move about stealthily in order to steal, attack, catch etc: Tigers were prowling in the jungle.) rôder- prowler- be on the prowl -
5 stalk
stalk [stɔ:k]1 noun(a) Botany (of flower, plant) tige f; (of cabbage, cauliflower) trognon m; (of fruit) queue f; (of wheat, corn) chaume m; (of bunch of grapes) rafle f, râpe f∎ familiar his eyes stood out on stalks il avait les yeux qui lui sortaient de la tête(c) (gen → long object) tige f(a) (game, fugitive etc) traquer; (of private detective) filer; (of obsessive fan etc) suivre en permanence (de façon obsessionnelle)(b) (prowl about in) rôder dans;∎ to stalk the woods/the bush on foot (gen) battre les bois/la brousse à pied; Hunting faire une battue dans les bois/la brousse;∎ enemy patrols stalked the hills des patrouilles ennemies rôdaient dans les collines∎ hunger stalked the countryside la faim régnait dans les campagnes;∎ evil stalks the night les forces du mal rôdent dans la nuit∎ she stalked out angrily/in disgust elle sortit d'un air furieux/dégoûté;∎ he was stalking up and down the deck il arpentait le pont∎ a stalking lion un lion en chasse;∎ literary famine stalked through the land la famine régnait dans le pays -
6 rove
B vi ( also rove around, rove about) [person] ( aimlessly) vagabonder ; ( prowl) rôder ; his eye roved around the room son regard balayait la pièce.
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