Seize
31seize — v. (d; intr.) to seize on, upon (to seize upon a chance remark) * * * [siːz] upon (to seize upon a chance remark) (d; intr.) to seize on …
32seize — [[t]siz[/t]] v. seized, seiz•ing 1) to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon[/ex] 2) to grasp mentally; understand clearly and completely: to seize an idea[/ex] 3) to take possession or control of as if by suddenly laying… …
33seize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. grasp, clutch; capture, arrest, appropriate, confiscate; afflict; attach, distrain; comprehend, understand. See stealing, intelligence, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grasp] Syn. take, take …
34seize on — PHRASAL VERB If you seize on something or seize upon it, you show great interest in it, often because it is useful to you. [V P n] When the results were published, newspapers around the world seized on them as proof that global warming isn t… …
35seize up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If a part of your body seizes up, it suddenly stops working, because you have strained it or because you are getting old. [V P] After two days exertions, it s the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs... [V P] We are all born …
36seize — re·seize; seize; dis·seize; …
37seize up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms seize up : present tense I/you/we/they seize up he/she/it seizes up present participle seizing up past tense seized up past participle seized up to suddenly stop moving or working properly Her back seized up …
38Seize — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. 16, nombre ; Le Conseil des Seize, ou « les Seize », conseil de bourgeois ligueurs parisiens de 1587 à 1591. Catégorie : Homonymie …
39seize — verb /siːz/ a) to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture to seize smuggled goods b) to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance) to seize a ship after libeling See Also …
40seize — adnc., sèrè (Montagny Bozel), sève (Morzine), sèze (Cordon.083, Albanais.001, Arvillard.228, Giettaz.215, Praz Arly.216, Saxel.002), sèj dce. (001,002,083,215, 216,228), sêzê dc./fgm., sêj dv. (St Martin Porte). Fra. Seize ans : sèj an… …
