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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ruse \Ruse\, n. [F., fr. OF. re["u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside,
     to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re-
     again + causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.]
     An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Ruse de guerre[F.], a stratagem of war.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ruse \Ruse\, n. [F., fr. OF. re["u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside,
     to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re-
     again + causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.]
     An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
  
     Ruse de guerre[F.], a stratagem of war.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ruse
       n : a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: artifice]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ruse
     Γαλλικά n.
     η πονηριά, το τερτίπι, η πανουργία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ruse
     Esperanto adv.
     1 in the Russian language
     2 in the manner of a Russian person
     French n.
     1 (lb fr uncountable) cunning, guile
     2 ruse#English, trick
     Middle English vb.
     (tlb enm Northern ME) (alt form enm rosen t=to boast id=to boast)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     fish trap
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 to rev an engine
     2 to (l en rush)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 (lb nb reflexive) To use illegal drugs
     2 to (l en intoxicate)
     Old French n.
     1 evasive movements of a pursued animal
     2 (lb fro by extension) trickery
     3 (lb fro by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
     4 (lb fro by extension) lie; untruth
     Romanian a.
     (inflection of ro rus  f//n p)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Ruse
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     (inflection of sh Rus  voc s ; acc p)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ruse
     n.
     1 (lb en countable often hunting archaic rare) A turning#Noun or
  double back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting
  dogs.
     2 (lb en countable by extension) An action intended to deceive; a
  trick#Noun.
     3 (lb en uncountable) cunning#Noun, guile, trickery.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To deceive or trick#Verb using a #Noun.
     2 (lb en intransitive hunting archaic rare) Of an animal: to
  turn#Verb or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Ruse
     alt.
     (place en city in northeastern c/Bulgaria).
     n.
     (place en city in northeastern c/Bulgaria).
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en suburb in the City of city/Campbelltown near Sydney,
  s/New South Wales c/Australia), named after (w: James Ruse).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ruse
     Esperanto adv.
     1 in the Russian language
     2 in the manner of a Russian person
     French n.
     1 (lb fr uncountable) cunning, guile
     2 ruse#English, trick
     Middle English vb.
     (tlb enm Northern ME) (alt form enm rosen t=to boast id=to boast)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     fish trap
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 to rev an engine
     2 to (l en rush)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 (lb nb reflexive) To use illegal drugs
     2 to (l en intoxicate)
     Old French n.
     1 evasive movements of a pursued animal
     2 (lb fro by extension) trickery
     3 (lb fro by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
     4 (lb fro by extension) lie; untruth
     Romanian a.
     (inflection of ro rus  f//n p)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Ruse
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     (inflection of sh Rus  voc s ; acc p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ruse
     Esperanto adv.
     1 in the Russian language
     2 in the manner of a Russian person
     French n.
     1 (lb fr uncountable) cunning, guile
     2 ruse#English, trick
     Middle English vb.
     (tlb enm Northern ME) (alt form enm rosen t=to boast id=to boast)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     fish trap
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 to rev an engine
     2 to (l en rush)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     1 (lb nb reflexive) To use illegal drugs
     2 to (l en intoxicate)
     Old French n.
     1 evasive movements of a pursued animal
     2 (lb fro by extension) trickery
     3 (lb fro by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
     4 (lb fro by extension) lie; untruth

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Ruse
     alt.
     (place en city in northeastern c/Bulgaria).
     n.
     (place en city in northeastern c/Bulgaria).
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en suburb in the City of city/Campbelltown near Sydney,
  s/New South Wales c/Australia), named after (w: James Ruse).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ruse
     Englanti n.
     1 juoni, kavala suunnitelma
     2 pila

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ruse
     Engelska n.
     1 list
     2 slugt knep

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Ruse /ɹˈuːs/
  الحيلة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  Ruse //ˈɹuːseɪ// 
  Ру́се
  city

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ruse //ɹuz// //ɹuːz// 
  хитрост
  guile, trickery

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ruse /ɹˈuːs/
  lest

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ruse /ɹˈuːs/
  úskok

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ruse /ɹˈuːs/
  finta

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ruse /ɹˈuːs/
  Kniff , List , Finte 
   see: ruses
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  ruse //ɹuz// //ɹuːz// 
  1. juoni, temppu
  action intended to deceive
  2. juoni
  guile, trickery
  3. ketunlenkki
  turning or doubling back

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  ruse /ɹˈuːs/ 
  1. छल, चाल, धोखा
        "Think up a ruse for getting into the local train without buying ticket."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  ruse /ɹˈuːs/
  lukavstvo, lukavstvom, osigurač, smicalica

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  ruse /ɹˈuːs/
  1. fortély
  2. trükk
  3. csel

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  ruse //ɹuz// //ɹuːz// 
  計略
  action intended to deceive

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  ruse /ruːz/
  1. vaframentum
  2. ars, machina

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  ruse /ruːz/
  1. kneep, list, slimmigheid, slimmigheidje

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  ruse /ru:z/ 
    podstęp

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  ruse /ruːz/
  astúcia

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  ruse //ɹuz// //ɹuːz// 
  1. knep, trick
  action intended to deceive
  2. avledningsmanöver, skenmanöver
  guile, trickery

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ruse /ɹˈuːs/
  1. hile, düzen, desise.

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  ruse /rˈuse/
  in Russian [language]

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  ruse /rˈuse/
  in Russian [language]

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  ruse /rˈuse/
  in Russian [language]

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  ruse /ʁˈyz/
  finesa (finesaoù /finzaˈu/), korvigell (korvigelloù /kɔʁviʒɛlˈu/), gwidre (gwidreoù /ɡwidʁəˈu/), ard (ardoù /aʁdˈu/)

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  ruse /ʁˈyz/
  troidellerezh, troidellegezh

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (avec r.) ruse /ʁˈyz/
  korvigellañ

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (jouer de r.) ruse /ʁˈyz/
  finesiñ

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (qualité) ruse /ʁˈyz/
  ijin

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  ruse /ʁyz/ 
  хитрост 2.
  Procédé ingénieux..
   3.
  Talent

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  ruse /ʁyz/ 
  List, Irreführung, Täuschung
  Procédé ingénieux..

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  ruse /ʁyz/ 
  πονηριά
  Talent

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  ruse /ʁyz/ 
  1. scaltrezza, trucco
  Procédé ingénieux..
  2. astuzia, scaltrezza
  Talent

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  ruse /ʁyz/ 
  vulpēs
  Talent

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  ruse /ʁyz/ 
  podstęp
  Procédé ingénieux..

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  ruse /ʁyz/ 
  truque, astúcia, embuste, trapaça
  Procédé ingénieux..

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  ruse /ʁyz/ 
  1. astucia, ardid, estratagema, ingenio
  Procédé ingénieux..
  2. bribonería, charlatanería, marrullería
  Talent

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  Ruse
  Ruse

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  ruse
  beruse

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  ruse
  ruse

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹuz/

From IPA:nb :   [ IPA:nb ]

  

/ˈɾʉːsə/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruse":
     art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey,
     catch, chicanery, chouse, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft,
     curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deceit, deception, design, device,
     dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, expedient, fakement, fast deal,
     feint, fetch, ficelle, gambit, game, gimmick, googly, grift, hoax,
     hocus-pocus, imposture, intrigue, jig, joker, juggle, jugglery,
     knavery, little game, maneuver, move, pass, plot, ploy, pretext,
     racket, red herring, scheme, scurvy trick, shift, sleight,
     sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, stratagem, strategy,
     subterfuge, tactic, trick, trickery, wile, wily device
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 策略,谋略;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 策略,谋略,诡计

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