": to bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff (such as yarn, marline, or fine wire)":[],
": to cohere to a relatively moving part through excessive pressure, temperature, or friction":[
"\u2014 used especially of machine parts (such as bearings, brakes, or pistons)"
],
": to fail to operate due to the seizing of a part":[
"\u2014 used of an engine"
],
": to possess (someone's thoughts, mind, etc.) completely or overwhelmingly":[
"seized the popular imagination",
"\u2014 Basil Davenport"
],
": to possess oneself of : grasp":[],
": to possess or take by force : capture":[],
": to put in possession of something":[
"the biographer will be seized of all pertinent papers"
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": to take hold of : clutch":[],
": to take or lay hold suddenly or forcibly":[],
": to take possession of : confiscate":[],
": to take possession of by legal process":[],
": to take prisoner : arrest":[],
": to understand fully and distinctly : apprehend":[],
": to vest ownership of a freehold estate in":[]
},
"examples":[
"The bank seized their property.",
"The army has seized control of the city.",
"A rebel group attempted to seize power.",
"He suddenly seized the lead in the final lap of the race.",
"He seized her by the arm.",
"He tried to seize the gun from him.",
"She was seized by kidnappers and carried off to a hidden location.",
"He seized the chance to present his ideas to his boss.",
"Seizing the moment , she introduced herself to the famous film director.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kharkiv, near the Russian border in the northeast, is Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, and retaining control of it and its environs remains one of Ukraine\u2019s significant wartime feats, along with foiling Russian forces\u2019 earlier attempt to seize Kyiv. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Tran said her aunt drove her mother's motorbike into a lake so the North Vietnamese couldn't seize it. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2022",
"The judge ruled that the yacht, which US authorities claim belongs to Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, could not leave the island nation as the US moves through local channels to officially seize it. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"The Russians bombarded Chernihiv, one hundred miles northeast of Kyiv, for almost a month before withdrawing at the beginning of April when their attempt to seize it failed. \u2014 Tim Judah, The New York Review of Books , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Savvy career seekers will be watching for those new opportunities and continue to learn and broaden their data skills to seize them. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Moscow is expected to use this heavy firepower to batter enemy positions before sending in ground troops to try to seize them. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"This is Biden\u2019s moment\u2014and the president must seize it. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 9 Mar. 2022",
"In neighboring Kenya, people are worried that the Port of Mombasa is listed as collateral for a railway loan from China\u2019s Export-Import Bank and that the lender would seize it on default. \u2014 Carlos Mureithi, Quartz , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English saisen , from Anglo-French seisir , from Medieval Latin sacire , of Germanic origin; perhaps akin to Old High German sezzen to set \u2014 more at set":""
},
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"\u02c8s\u0113z"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for seize take , seize , grasp , clutch , snatch , grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand. take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control. take some salad from the bowl seize implies a sudden and forcible movement in getting hold of something tangible or an apprehending of something fleeting or elusive when intangible. seized the suspect grasp stresses a laying hold so as to have firmly in possession. grasp the handle and pull clutch suggests avidity or anxiety in seizing or grasping and may imply less success in holding. clutching her purse snatch suggests more suddenness or quickness but less force than seize . snatched a doughnut and ran grab implies more roughness or rudeness than snatch . grabbed roughly by the arm",
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"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to ",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065834",
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"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"seize hold of":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to forcefully take and hold (someone or something) with the hand or arms":[
"She seized hold of my hand."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125047",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"seize on/upon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to take or use (something, such as a chance or opportunity) in a quick and eager way":[
"His critics have seized on the scandal to call for his resignation.",
"She seized on the opportunity to tell her side of the story."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202417",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"seize the day":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to do the things one wants to do when there is the chance instead of waiting for a later time":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190830",
"type":[
"idiom"
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"seize up":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to stop working because the moving parts can no longer move":[
"The engine/brakes suddenly seized up .",
"\u2014 sometimes used figuratively Her brain seized up when she tried to answer the question."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224004",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"seizing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the cord or lashing used in binding or fastening":[],
": the fastening so made \u2014 see knot illustration":[],
": the operation of fastening together or lashing with tarred small stuff":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sudden spate of attacks across the country has upended the relative calm that followed the Taliban\u2019s seizing of power last August, which ended 20 years of war. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"And the state carrier, Aeroflot, has stopped all international flights, a decision industry analysts say would prevent the seizing of planes leased from Western companies under international sanctions. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Those efforts will include fending off attempts by the Russians to undermine the financial restrictions, targeting the use of cryptocurrency to avoid sanctions and the seizing of Russian oligarchs\u2019 assets, the Justice Department said. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Russia has long tried to obscure the extent of its military operations in Ukraine, which included its seizing of Crimea and direct military interventions in eastern Ukraine with unmarked troops in 2014 and 2015. \u2014 James Marson And Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Meaning, presumably the border patrol under the Biden administration did the seizing ",
"The Crimson Tide also began a seizing of the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff after Georgia (12-1) had been the nation\u2019s best collective team for three months. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 5 Dec. 2021",
"As though the only thing worse than my child seizing is being surprised by it. \u2014 Taylor Harris, Time , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Different day, same stiffness, same slicing, same seizing . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113-zi\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061705",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"seizor":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that seizes or takes possession especially of a freehold estate":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"seize + -or":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0113\u02ccz\u022f(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8s\u0113z\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173449",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"seizure":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an abnormal electrical discharge in the brain":[],
": the act, action, or process of seizing : the state of being seized":[],
": the taking possession of person or property by legal process":[]
},
"examples":[
"the seizure of power by the rebels",
"property that is protected from seizure",
"the seizure of evidence by the police",
"Not all searches and seizures by the police require a warrant.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This led the Justice Department to execute a domain seizure takeover on Tuesday. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"The driver had suffered an epileptic seizure and veered onto the sidewalk. \u2014 Geir Moulson And Frank Jordans, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"To date, the 55-year-old has been forced to sell his London soccer team Chelsea, had 12 of his French properties confiscated and sent his two prized superyachts to the Mediterranean to avoid seizure . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
"In addition to the seizure warrants, U.S. authorities also are leveling administrative penalties against Abramovich for $321,121 for each of the three times the jets flew to Russia in March. \u2014 Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"The motion was also reportedly related to a cell phone seizure , FOX 11 reported. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
"Cornyn looks to be warming to red-flag laws, which would allow police, family members or a school official to secure a court order that permits seizure of a weapon from someone exhibiting behavior that is threatening to oneself or others. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"The right to privacy is limited by First Amendment protections on the freedom of speech and press, as well as Fourth Amendment prohibitions on unreasonable searches and seizure . \u2014 Liza Vertinsky, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
"Besides a seizure Amaria had that sent to her a hospital for three days in February 2018, DCFS completed its final home visit in March of 2018. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113-zh\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"access",
"attack",
"bout",
"case",
"fit",
"siege",
"spell",
"turn"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085452",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"seismic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to a vibration on a celestial body (such as the moon) comparable to a seismic event on earth":[],
": having a strong or widespread impact : earthshaking":[
"seismic social changes"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u012bs-",
"\u02c8s\u012bz-mik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Seismic social changes have occurred.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The broadcasting landscape of Major League Soccer experienced a seismic shift Tuesday as the league announced a 10-year, $2.5 billion deal with Apple for exclusive streaming rights to all its matches. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
"Recent droughts, Bitter said, have coincided with a seismic shift in consumer preference. \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has fueled a seismic shift in the global wheat market. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"The seismic post-pandemic digital shift turns this tactic into a key differentiator of marketers\u2019 ability to reach their audiences. \u2014 Cathy Song Novelli, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Filmmakers need to wake up to the seismic shift that has been happening with NFT assets over the last year. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"This seismic activity has allowed scientists to tease out details about the inner structure of the red planet. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
"The lander, which has measured seismic activity on the planet since 2018, is slowly running out of power. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"Despite InSight\u2019s successful studies, geologists still have lingering questions about Mars\u2019s seismic activity. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 24 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek seismos shock, earthquake, from seiein to shake; probably akin to Avestan thwa\u0113sh\u014d fear":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214537"
},
"seismic shift":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a great change":[
"The discovery caused a seismic shift in public attitudes."
": a widely distributed dark gray baleen whale ( Balaenoptera borealis ) that has a ridge on the top of the head and may reach a length of nearly 60 feet (18 meters)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0101-",
"\u02c8s\u012b-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sei whale , a somewhat mysterious type of whale that prefer to live in temperate waters in the mid-latitudes, was not yet mature, marine mammal biologists say. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Sep. 2020",
"By the mid-Sixties, however, fin and sei whales were slim pickings in the Antarctic, and the industry inevitably shuttered. \u2014 Lucy Jakub, Harper's magazine , 2 Mar. 2020",
"The quota includes 52 minke wales, as well as 150 Bryde\u2019s whales and 25 sei whales . \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 1 July 2019",
"Discussion about Japan\u2019s sei whale compliance is on the CITES agenda. \u2014 Dina Fine Maron, National Geographic , 16 Aug. 2019",
"The sei whale , however, is currently on the endangered species list. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 1 July 2019",
"The mother factory ship Nisshin-maru and two support boats that used to go to the Antarctic will travel as far as Japan's 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone to catch minke, Bryde's and sei whales . \u2014 Mari Yamaguchi, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2019",
"That breaks down to 150 bryde's whales, 52 common minke whales and 25 sei whales . \u2014 Ivan Watson, CNN , 2 July 2019",
"In total, the government has set a quota of 52 Minke, 150 Bryde\u2019s and 25 sei whales for the rest of the year. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 1 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"partial translation of Norwegian seihval , from sei coalfish + hval whale":""
