(intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
(transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
(transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
(transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
(transitive) To take unexpectedly.
poulard
poulard
noun
(countable) A young spayed hen.
(countable, uncountable) Poulard wheat.
prelude
prelude
noun
(figurative) A forerunner to anything.
(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece.
(programming) A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
verb
To introduce something, as a prelude.
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
proudly
proudly
adv
In a proud manner.
prudely
puddler
puddler
noun
One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.