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

1. transitive verb. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
2. transitive verb. To take possession of by force.
3. transitive verb. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
4. transitive verb. To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
5. transitive verb. To fasten; to fix.
6. transitive verb. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
7. transitive verb. To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
8. verb. capture the attention or imagination of

   "This story will grab you"

   "The movie seized my imagination"

   Synonyms: grab

9. verb. affect

   "Fear seized the prisoners"

   "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"

   Synonyms: clutch

10. verb. take hold of; grab

    "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"

    "She clutched her purse"

    Synonyms: clutch, prehend

11. verb. take or capture by force

    "The terrorists seized the politicians"

    "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"

12. verb. hook by a pull on the line

    "strike a fish"

13. verb. 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: appropriate, capture, conquer

14. verb. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

    "The FBI seized the drugs"

    "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"

    Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, sequester

15. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: arrogate, assume, usurp

Synonyms

grab, clutch, prehend, appropriate, capture, conquer, attach, confiscate, impound, sequester, arrogate, assume, usurp

Common word forms

seized, seizer, seizes, seizing

Words from these letters

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