Dictionary Entry
seize
seize is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
- 2transitive verb
To take possession of by force.
- 3transitive verb
To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
- 4transitive verb
To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
- 5transitive verb
To fasten; to fix.
- 6transitive verb
To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
- 7transitive verb
To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
- 8verb
capture the attention or imagination of
"This story will grab you"
"The movie seized my imagination"
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- 9verb
affect
"Fear seized the prisoners"
"The patient was seized with unbearable pains"
Synonyms
- 10verb
take hold of; grab
"The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"
"She clutched her purse"
- 11verb
take or capture by force
"The terrorists seized the politicians"
"The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
- 12verb
hook by a pull on the line
"strike a fish"
- 13verb
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
"the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"
"The army seized the town"
Synonyms
- 14verb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
"The FBI seized the drugs"
"The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"
Synonyms
- 15verb
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
"He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"
"he usurped my rights"
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