seizing

Plural: seizings

Noun

• The act of taking hold of something suddenly, often with force.
• small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
• the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
• The act of grabbing or taking possession.
• Something seized.
• A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.
• A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.
• Such lashing used to temporarily immobilize the ends of a rope to prevent a knot from slipping or collapsing.

Verb

• take hold of; grab
• take or capture by force
• take possession of by force, as after an invasion
• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
• hook by a pull on the line
• affect
• capture the attention or imagination of
• present participle and gerund of seize

Adj

• That seizes the attention; impressive.

Examples

• Her SEIZING of the Q tile before anyone else was a brilliant strategic move in Words With Friends.
• The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X.

Synonyms

appropriate, arrogate, assume, attach, capture, clutch, confiscate, conquer, get hold of, grab, grasping, impound, prehend, prehension, seize, sequester, take over, taking hold, usurp

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