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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

Noun

1. a military operation carried out to capture a place by surrounding and blockading it

2. a similar operation carried out by police, for example to force people out of a place

3. lay siege to to subject (a place) to a siege [Old French sege a seat]

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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"

Translations

siege [siːdʒ] n → cerco, sitio;

to lay siege to → cercar, sitiar

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siege [siːdʒ] n → siège m;

to lay siege to → assiéger

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siege [siːdʒ] n → Belagerung f;

to be under siege → belagert sein;

to lay siege to → belagern

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siege [siːdʒ] n → 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 圍攻, 包圍 облога قابو میں لینے کی کوشش sự vây hãm 围攻, 包围

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