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- [seej]
- /sidʒ/
- /siːdʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [seej]
- /sidʒ/
Definitions of siege word
- noun siege the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible. 1
- noun siege any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance. 1
- noun siege a series of illnesses, troubles, or annoyances besetting a person or group: a siege of head colds. 1
- noun siege a prolonged period of trouble or annoyance. 1
- noun siege Also, sedge. Ornithology. a flock of herons. the station of a heron at prey. 1
- noun siege the shelf or floor of a glassmaking furnace on which the glass pots are set. 1
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Origin of siege
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English sege < Old French: seat, noun derivative of siegier < Vulgar Latin *sedicāre to set, derivative of Latin sedēre to sit1; (v.) Middle English segen, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Siege
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
siege popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
siege usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for siege
verb siege
- beleaguer — to trouble persistently; harass
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- co-oped — a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- girdled — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- girdling — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
noun siege
- blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- infarct — a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- infarction — the formation of an infarct.
- embolus — A blood clot, air bubble, piece of fatty deposit, or other object that has been carried in the bloodstream to lodge in a vessel and cause an embolism.
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