Seizes - English meaning

Seizes – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
Usage examples:
She jumped up and seized his arm
Synonims:
Grab Grasp Snatch Seize hold of Grab hold of Take hold of Lay hold of Lay (one's) hands on Get one's hands on Take a grip of Grip Clutch Take Pluck
verb
Take (an opportunity) eagerly and decisively.
Usage examples:
He seized his chance to attack as carr hesitated
verb
(of a feeling or pain) affect (someone) suddenly or acutely.
Usage examples:
He was seized by the most dreadful fear
verb
Strongly appeal to or attract (the imagination or attention).
Usage examples:
The story of the king's escape seized the public imagination
verb
(of a machine with moving parts) become jammed.
Usage examples:
I realized that the mechanism had seized
verb
Fasten or attach (someone or something) to something by binding with turns of rope.
Usage examples:
Jack was seized to the gun and had his two dozen lashes

verb
To take something quickly and hold it
Usage examples:
He seized her arm to lead her through the crowd., fig. while she was distracted, i seized the oppor…

verb
If the police or government seizes property or assets, they take possession of them because they are illegal, or because the owner owes money
Usage examples:
Customs agents last year seized $14 million in counterfeit electronics goods at the nation's ports.…

Seizes translation into English

Seizes: translate from English into Chinese

抓住

Seizes: translate from English into Dutch

Grijpt

Seizes: translate from English into French

Saisit

Seizes: translate from English into German

Ergreift

Seizes: translate from English into Hindi

छीन लेता है

Seizes: translate from English into Italian

Coglie

Seizes: translate from English into Korean

압수

Seizes: translate from English into Russian

Захватывает

Seizes: translate from English into Spanish

Se apodera

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French seizir ‘give seisin’, from medieval Latin sacire, in the phrase ad proprium sacire ‘claim as one's own’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘procedure’.

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Seizes – similar words

seized

verb
Take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
Usage examples:
She jumped up and seized his arm

verb
Past simple and past participle of seize
Usage examples:
I seized his arm and made him turn to look at me., he seized the chance/opportunity of a free fligh…

Seized - all meanings in English

seize

verb
Take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
Usage examples:
She jumped up and seized his arm

verb
Take hold of; grab

verb
To take something quickly and hold it
Usage examples:
He seized her arm to lead her through the crowd., fig. while she was distracted, i seized the oppor…

Seize - all meanings in English

Seizes synonims

clutch

verb
Grasp (something) tightly.
Usage examples:
He stood clutching a microphone

noun
A tight grasp.
Usage examples:
She made a clutch at his body

adjective
(in sport) denoting or occurring at a critical situation in which the outcome of a game or competition is at stake.
Usage examples:
They both are hard-nosed players who seem to thrive in clutch situations

Clutch - all meanings in English

grab

verb
Grasp or seize suddenly and roughly.
Usage examples:
She grabbed him by the shirt collar

noun
A quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize.
Usage examples:
He made a grab at the pistol

verb
Take or seize suddenly

Grab - all meanings in English

grasp

verb
Seize and hold firmly.
Usage examples:
She grasped the bottle

noun
A firm hold or grip.
Usage examples:
The child slipped from her grasp

verb
Hold firmly

Grasp - all meanings in English

grip

verb
Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.
Usage examples:
His knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel

noun
A firm hold; a tight grasp.
Usage examples:
His arm was held in a vice-like grip

verb
Hold fast or firmly

Grip - all meanings in English

pluck

verb
Take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place.
Usage examples:
She plucked a blade of grass

noun
Spirited and determined courage.
Usage examples:
It must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘danger’

verb
To remove something, esp. with a sudden movement
Usage examples:
Astronauts plan to use the shuttle’s robot arm to pluck the satellite out of space., she plucked he…

Pluck - all meanings in English

snatch

verb
Quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way.
Usage examples:
She snatched a biscuit from the plate

noun
An act of snatching or quickly seizing something.
Usage examples:
A quick snatch of breath

verb
Grasp hastily or eagerly

Snatch - all meanings in English

take

verb
Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.
Usage examples:
Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun
A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.
Usage examples:
He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb
Get into one's hands

Take - all meanings in English

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