ruse (noun)
11Ruse — noun a town in northeastern Bulgaria …
12ruse — noun /ruːz/ a) a trick b) guile …
13ruse — noun Syn: ploy, stratagem, tactic, scheme, trick, gambit, dodge, subterfuge, machination, wile; Brit.; informal wheeze …
14ruse — [15] Ruse and rush ‘hurry’ are ultimately the same word. Both come from Old French ruser ‘drive back, detour’. From this was derived the noun ruse, which brought the sense ‘detour, deviation’ with it into English. It was used in the context of a… …
15ruse — UK [ruːz] / US [rus, ruz] noun [countable] Word forms ruse : singular ruse plural ruses a plan or trick used for hiding your true intentions …
16Ruse — /ˈrus/ (say roohs) noun James, 1760–1837, Australian convict and pioneer farmer, born in England; first emancipist to receive a land grant. James Ruse came to Australia with the First Fleet, having been convicted of breaking and entering and… …
17ruse — [15] Ruse and rush ‘hurry’ are ultimately the same word. Both come from Old French ruser ‘drive back, detour’. From this was derived the noun ruse, which brought the sense ‘detour, deviation’ with it into English. It was used in the context of a… …
18ruse — /ruz / (say roohz) noun a trick, stratagem, or artifice. {Middle English, noun use of obsolete ruse to detour, from French ruser. See rush1} …
19ruse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trick, stratagem, artifice, wile, subterfuge. See cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. artifice, stratagem, ploy, deceit; see device 2 , trick 1 . See Synonym Study at trick . III (Roget s 3… …
20ruse — [ru:z] noun a stratagem or trick. Origin ME (as a hunting term): from OFr., from ruser use trickery , earlier drive back , perh. based on L. rursus backwards …
