o-seize teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı
- seize
- to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year. (Southey, Bunyan, p. 21).
- seize
- to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
- seize
- to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
- seize
- to have a seizure
- seize
- to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
a fever seized him.
- seize
- to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
to seize or stop one rope on to another.
- seize
- to fasten, fix
- seize
- to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
to seize a ship after libeling.
- seize
- to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.
- seize the day
- To enjoy the present and not worry about the future; to live for the moment
- seize the day
- To make the most of today by achieving fulfillment in a philosophical or spiritual sense
- seize up
- To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move
It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.
- seize up
- To stop functioning; to come to a halt
Iceland's foreign currency market has seized up after the three largest banks collapsed.
- seize up
- To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again
My car seized up this morning. So I had to catch the bus.
- seize upon
- To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously
The committee seized upon the new plan at once.
- seize upon
- To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt
After the controversy of her public statement, she has been the darling of right-wing groups who have seized upon her as the poster child of their cause.
- seize upon
- To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly
The child seized upon the cat's tail as soon as it was within reach.
- seize
- to catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly
- seize
- take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
- seize
- {v} to take by force, catch, fasten, join
- seize the day
- Carpe diem is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace (Odes 1.11). It is popularly translated as seize the day, although a more literal translation of "carpe" would be "pluck" (pluck the day), as in the plucking of fruit
- seize the moment
- carpe diem
- seize
- to take possession of by legal process
- seize
- To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp
- seize
- To take possession of by force
- seize
- When you seize an opportunity, you take advantage of it and do something that you want to do. During the riots hundreds of people seized the opportunity to steal property
- seize
- If you seize something, you take hold of it quickly, firmly, and forcefully. `Leigh,' he said seizing my arm to hold me back. an otter seizing a fish
- seize
- vt to put in legal possession of a prticular thing; assign ownership to (in the passive voice)
- seize
- hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
- seize
- {f} take forcibly; grasp, hold; comprehend, understand; expropriate, confiscate; capture, apprehend; take control of; take advantage of promptly; attack; (Law) make a person the legal owner of merchandise or property; lash, tie or fasten something using several turns with a rope or cord
- seize
- capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
- seize
- A term used in soapmaking when the soap hardens suddenly and unexpectedly
- seize
- take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
- seize
- grab, as in: The guerillas tried to seize control of the town
- seize
- To fasten; to fix
- seize
- To grab, to capture
- seize
- To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes
- seize
- To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods
- seize
- To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea
- seize
- When an engine fails due to excessive heat buildup
- seize
- To bind or lock in position immovably
- seize
- To bind securely the end of a wire rope or strand wfth seizing wire or strand Tapering & Welding - Reducing the diameter of the end of a wire rope and welding it to facilitate reeving
- seize
- To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient
- seize
- To take advantage of an opportunity
- seize
- affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish
- seize
- When a group of people seize a place or seize control of it, they take control of it quickly and suddenly, using force. Troops have seized the airport and railroad terminals Army officers plotted a failed attempt yesterday to seize power. = take
- seize
- If a government or other authority seize someone's property, they take it from them, often by force. Police were reported to have seized all copies of this morning's edition of the newspaper
- seize
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
- seize
- affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- seize
- hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish
- seize
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
- seize
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
- seize
- The possession of land under a claim of freehold estate
- seize
- When someone is seized, they are arrested or captured. UN officials say two military observers were seized by the Khmer Rouge yesterday Men carrying sub-machine guns seized the five soldiers and drove them away
- seize an opportunity
- {f} take an opportunity eagerly
- seize on
- adopt; "take up new ideas"
- seize on
- {f} jump on -, hurry to take advantage of -
- seize on
- If you seize on something or seize upon it, you show great interest in it, often because it is useful to you. Newspapers seized on the results as proof that global warming wasn't really happening
- seize the importance of
- {f} understand the significance of -
- seize the reins of power
- {f} take a position of authority
- seize up
- If something such as an engine seizes up, it stops working, because it has not been properly cared for. She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up
- seize up
- If a part of your body seizes up, it suddenly stops working, because you have strained it or because you are getting old. We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little
- seize up
- {f} be arrested, be stuck, be stopped