ruse

Ru·se

 (ro͝o′sā)

A city of northeast Bulgaria on the Danube River south of Bucharest, Romania. Founded as a Roman fortress, it is today a major port and industrial center.

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ruse

 (ro͞oz, ro͞os)

n.

A crafty stratagem; a subterfuge. See Synonyms at wile.

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[Middle English, detour, dodging, from Old French, from ruser, to drive back; see rush¹.]

ruse

(ruːz)

n

an action intended to mislead, deceive, or trick; stratagem

[C15: from Old French: trick, esp to evade capture, from ruser to retreat, from Latin recūsāre to refuse]

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Ruse

(ˈruːseɪ)

n

(Placename) a city in NE Bulgaria, on the River Danube: the chief river port and one of the largest industrial centres in Bulgaria. Pop: 172 000 (2005 est)

ruse

(ruz)

n.

a trick, stratagem, or artifice: He used a ruse to get past the sentry.

[1375–1425; late Middle English: roundabout course < Middle French, derivative of ruser to retreat. See rush¹]

syn: See trick.

Ru•se

(ˈru seɪ)

n.

a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube. 172,782.

ruse

In military deception, a trick of war designed to deceive the adversary, usually involving the deliberate exposure of false information to the adversary's intelligence collection system.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ruse - a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) artifice tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, maneuver, manoeuvre - a move made to gain a tactical end

ruse

noun trick, deception, ploy, hoax, device, manoeuvre, dodge, sham, artifice, blind, subterfuge, stratagem, wile, imposture This was a ruse to divide them.

ruse

noun

An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:

artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile.

Informal: shenanigan, take-in.

Translations

حيلَه، خِدْعَه

lestúskočnostúskok

kneb

List

rusefinasserie

bragî, klækur

astuziapizzicottostratagemmatrucco

gudrībaviltīgs plāns

afleidingsmanoeuvretructruuk

düzenhile

计策

ruse

[ruːz] N → ardid m, treta f, estratagema f

ruse

[ˈruːz] n → ruse f

ruse

n → List f

ruse

[ruːz] n (frm) → stratagemma m, astuzia

ruse

(ruːz) noun

a clever trick or plan. slim plan حيلَه، خِدْعَه хитрост artimanha lest die List kneb κόλπο, τέχνασμαardid, treta riugas حیله؛ ترفند juoni ruseתרגיל छल, चाल varka, lukavština fortély tipuan bragð, klækur stratagemma 策略 계략 gudrybė, išdaiga gudrība; viltīgs plāns muslihat listknep, lurerifortel چل، درغلی manha şiretlic уловка lesť, úskok zvijača smicalica list, knep, fint อุบาย hile, düzen 計謀 викрут, хитрощі چال mưu mẹo 计策