siege

siege  (sj)

n.

1. The surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it.

2. A prolonged period, as of illness: a siege of asthma.

3. Obsolete A seat, especially a throne.

tr.v. sieged, sieg·ing, sieg·es

To subject to a siege; besiege. See Synonyms at besiege.

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[Middle English sege, from Old French, seat, from Vulgar Latin *sedicum, from *sedicre, to sit, from Latin sedre; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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siege [siːdʒ]

n

1. (Military)

a.  the offensive operations carried out to capture a fortified place by surrounding it, severing its communications and supply lines, and deploying weapons against it

b.  (as modifier) siege warfare

2. a persistent attempt to gain something

3. a long tedious period, as of illness, etc.

4. (Historical Terms) Obsolete a seat or throne

(Military)

lay siege to to besiege

vb

(tr) to besiege or assail

[from Old French sege a seat, from Vulgar Latin sēdicāre (unattested) to sit down, from Latin sedēre]

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Siege of herons: company of herons, from the way the heron waits for its prey in the shallows at its feet, 1452.

Examples: siege of bitterns, 1452; of cranes; of herons, 1452.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

siege - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack beleaguering, besieging, military blockade blockade, encirclement - a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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siege

noun blockade, encirclement, besiegement We must do everything possible to lift the siege.

Translations

siege [siːdʒ]

A. N → cerco m, sitio m
to lay siege to → cercar, sitiar
to raise the siege → levantar el cerco

B. CPD siege economy N → economía f de sitio
siege mentality N to have a siege mentality → tener manía persecutoria
siege warfare N → guerra f de sitio or asedio

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siege [ˈsiːdʒ] n → siège m
to lay siege to [+ town, city, building] [army] → assiéger; [journalists] → assiéger
to be under siege [town, city] → être assiégé(e) (fig) (= under pressure) → être assiégé(e)
to be under siege from all sides → être assiégé(e) de toutes parts
siege economy n → économie f autarcique
siege mentality n → mentalité f d'assiégé
to have a siege mentality → avoir une mentalité d'assiégé

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siege

n (of town) → Belagerung f; (by police) → Umstellung f; to be under siege → belagert werden; (by police) → umstellt sein; to lay siege to a town → eine Stadt belagern; to lay siege to a house → ein Haus umstellen; he attempted to lay siege to her emotions → er versuchte, ihr Herz zu erobern

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siege [siːdʒ] n → assedio
in a state of siege → in stato d'assedio
to lay siege to → porre l'assedio a

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siege [siːdʒ] n → assedio
in a state of siege → in stato d'assedio
to lay siege to → porre l'assedio a

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siege

n siege [siːdʒ]

an attempt to capture a fort or town by keeping it surrounded by an armed force until it surrenders The town is under siege. beleg حِصار، مُحاصَرَه обсада obležení belejring die Belagerung πολιορκία cerco, sitio piiramine محاصره piiritys siège מָצוֹר घेराबंदी opsada ostrom pengepungan umsátur assedio 包囲攻撃 포위 apgultis aplenkums pengepungan beleg beleiring oblężenie cerco asediu осада obliehanie obleganje opsada belägring การโอบล้อม kuşatma 包圍 облога قابو میں لینے کی کوشش sự vây hãm 围攻, 包围

siege is spelt with -ie- (not -ei- ).