seizing
Collocations
5ADJ.
gold, good, incapable, visual, white
VERB + SEIZING
regret, report, started, trade
SEIZING + NOUN
beauty, everyone's, opportunities, opportunity
PREP.
from, than
ADV.
forcibly
Definitions
noun
The act of grabbing or taking possession.
Something seized.
The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X.
A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.
Cut your seizings and draw the poles, ye harpooneers!” Silently obeying the order, the three harpooneers now stood with the detached iron part of their harpoons, some three feet long, held, barbs up, before him.
A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.
adj
That seizes the attention; impressive.
It is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the
- grasping
- prehension
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X.
WiktionaryCut your seizings and draw the poles, ye harpooneers!” Silently obeying the order, the three harpooneers now stood with the detached iron part of their harpoons, some three feet long, held, barbs up,
WiktionaryIt is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun.
WiktionaryThey accused the Mitylenaeans of seizing their boat, as if it had belonged to an enemy, and of plundering it of all its contents.
Tatoeba · #6212727The government is seizing everyone's gold.
Tatoeba · #6458083My Ministers will work to implement new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade, seizing the opportunities that arise from leaving the European Union.
Tatoeba · #8254374