ALL meanings of sieged
siege
S s - noun sieged 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 sieged any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance. 1
- noun sieged a series of illnesses, troubles, or annoyances besetting a person or group: a siege of head colds. 1
- noun sieged a prolonged period of trouble or annoyance. 1
- noun sieged Also, sedge. Ornithology. a flock of herons. the station of a heron at prey. 1
- noun sieged the shelf or floor of a glassmaking furnace on which the glass pots are set. 1
- noun sieged Obsolete. a seat, especially one used by a person of distinction, as a throne. station as to rank or class. 1
- verb with object sieged to assail or assault; besiege. 1
- idioms sieged lay siege to, to besiege: The army laid siege to the city for over a month. 1