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to+lay+an+ambush

  • 61 zasadzać

    impf zasadzić
    * * *
    (-dzam, -dzasz); perf; - dzić; vt
    to award, to adjudge
    * * *
    ipf.
    1. lit. (= opierać, brać za podstawę) base, ground ( na czymś on/upon sth); ( teorię) found ( na czymś on/upon sth).
    2. przest. (= sadzać za stołem) seat sb somewhere.
    ipf.
    1. lit. (= opierać się) ( o teorii) be founded, be grounded ( na czymś on sth); ( o rozumowaniu) repose on sth ( na czymś on/upon sth).
    2. (= zaczaić się) lie in ambush l. wait, lay a trap (na kogoś/coś for sth); waylay.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zasadzać

  • 62 circum-veniō

        circum-veniō vēnī, ventus, īre,    to come around, be around, encircle, encompass, surround: circumventi flammā, Cs.: Cocytos circumvenit, V.: planities locis paulo superioribus circumventa, S.: singulas urbīs, to go from city to city, S.—To surround, encompass, beset, invest: nostros, Cs.: consulem, N.: insontīs, S.: legio circumventa, L.— Fig., to encompass, beset, oppress, distress, afflict, overthrow: circumventus morbo te: aliquem per arbitrum, i. e. to lay hold of: potentis alicuius opibus circumveniri: falsis criminibus, S.: ab inimicis, S.: senem circumveniunt incommoda, H.—To deceive, cheat, defraud: circumventus pecuniā: per insidias ab eo circumveni, betrayed into an ambush, Cs.: fenore circumventa plebs, L.

    Latin-English dictionary > circum-veniō

  • 63 sub-sīdō

        sub-sīdō sēdī, sessus, ere,    to sit down, crouch down, squat, settle down, sink down: adversus emissa tela, L.: Poplite subsidens, V.: subsedit in illā Ante fores arā, O.—With dat: iuvet ut tigrīs subsidere cervis, to yield, H.—To fall, subside, sink, settle: undae, V.: venti, O.: Extremus galeāque imā subsedit Acestes, remained at the bottom, V.: ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis, ceditque, gives way, O.—To settle down, establish oneself, remain, abide, stay: in Siciliā: in castris, Cs.: commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri, V.—To crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambush: eo in loco: in insidiis, L.—With acc: devictam Asiam subsedit adulter (i. e. Agamemnonem), lay in wait for, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > sub-sīdō

  • 64 مكمن

    adj. lay, lurking
    n. ambush, covert, ambuscade, hiding place, lurking place

    Arabic-English dictionary > مكمن

  • 65 προλοχίζω

    A lay an ambuscade beforehand, J.BJ1.4.4, 4.9.8 (s.v.l.): c. acc. cogn.,

    π. τινὰς ἐνέδρας Hld.6.13

    :—[voice] Pass., αἱ προλελοχισμέναι ἐνέδραι the ambush that had before been laid, Th.3.112; but also

    προλοχίζοιντο αἱ νύκτες ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων J.BJ1.13.4

    (dub. l.).
    2 place men in ambuscade, Id.AJ5.2.11, BJ1.2.2.
    II beset with an ambuscade, πέμπει.. τοῦ στρατοῦ μέρος τι τὰς ὁδοὺς προλοχιοῦντας Th.3.110, cf. Plu.Sert.13; also

    π. τὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐνέδραις Th.2.81

    .

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > προλοχίζω

  • 66 buw

    as a fowl
    to brood
    --------
    as a fowl
    to cover young
    --------
    as a fowl
    to sit on eggs
    --------
    noun
    nest
    --------
    to heap together
    --------
    to keep guard
    --------
    to keep together under a covering
    --------
    to lay up
    --------
    to lie in ambush
    --------
    to lie in wait
    --------
    to overtake someone in order to call him to account
    --------
    to save
    --------
    to spare
    --------
    to watch someone in order to call him to account
    --------
    to watch

    Twi to English dictionary > buw

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  • To lay an ambush — Ambush Am bush ([a^]m b[oo^]sh), n. [F. emb[^u]che, fr. the verb. See {Ambush}, v. t.] 1. A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ambush — Am bush ([a^]m b[oo^]sh), n. [F. emb[^u]che, fr. the verb. See {Ambush}, v. t.] 1. A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ambush — [am′boosh΄] n. [OFr embusche < embuschier: see AMBUSH the vt. vi.] 1. a deployment of persons in hiding to make a surprise attack 2. a) the persons in hiding b) their place of hiding 3. the act of so lying in wait to attack …   English World dictionary

  • ambush — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ enemy VERB + AMBUSH ▪ lay, prepare, set up ▪ The soldiers set up an …   Collocations dictionary

  • ambush — I UK [ˈæmbʊʃ] / US [ˈæmˌbʊʃ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms ambush : singular ambush plural ambushes an attack from a hidden position The two men were shot and wounded in an ambush. a high risk of ambush lie in ambush: The police lay in… …   English dictionary

  • ambush — am|bush [ˈæmbuʃ] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: embuschier, from en in + busche wood ] a sudden attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them, or the place where this happens ▪ The soldiers were killed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ambush — am|bush1 [ æm,buʃ ] noun count or uncount an attack from a hidden position: The two men were shot and wounded in an ambush. a high risk of ambush lie in ambush: The police lay in ambush outside the apartment building. ambush am|bush 2 [ æm,buʃ ]… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ambush — {{11}}ambush (n.) late 15c., embushe, from the English verb or from M.Fr. embusche, from O.Fr. embuscher (see AMBUSH (Cf. ambush) (v.)). Earlier was ambushment (late 14c.). Figurative use by 1590s. {{12}}ambush (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. embuscher… …   Etymology dictionary

  • ambush — 1 noun (C) a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, or the place where this happens: wait/lie in ambush (=wait to ambush someone): Armed police lay in ambush behind the hedge. 2 verb (T) to attack someone from a place where you …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Ambush —    Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Josh. 8:4 26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judg. 9:30 45. Comp. Jer. 51:12) …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Lay — (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down, to be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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