siege

noun

1. 1

   Military action. A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.

   The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.

   Liu Pang's general Han Hsin won the strategic city of Hsing-yang for him, but Hsiang-Yü put Liu Pang under siege there.

2. 2

   Military action. A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.

3. 3

   figurativeMilitary action. A prolonged assault or attack.

   But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress.

4. 4

   obsoleteA seat. A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.

   Now Merlyn said kyng Arthur / goo thow and aspye me in al this land l knyghtes whiche ben of most prowesse & worship / within short tyme merlyn had founde suche knyȝtes[…]Thenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid the syeges with grete Royalte and deuoycyon / and there sette the viij and xx knyghtes in her syeges

   To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay[…].

5. 5

   obsoleteA seat. An ecclesiastical see.

6. 6

   obsoleteA seat. The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.

7. 7

   A seat. The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.

8. 8

   A seat. A flock of herons.

   A siege of herons feeds in the shallows.

   And whoever saw a siege of herons?

   A siege of herons blanketed the quays

9. 9

   obsoleteA seat. A toilet seat.

10. 10

    obsoleteA seat. The anus; the rectum.

    Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.

11. 11

    obsoleteA seat. Excrements, stool, fecal matter.

    Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?

12. 12

    obsoleteA seat. Rank; grade; station; estimation.

    I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege.

13. 13

    obsoleteA seat. The floor of a glass-furnace.

14. 14

    obsoleteA place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

verb

1. 1

   To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.

Forms

plural

sieges

past tense

sieged

past participle

sieged

present participle

sieging

third person singular

sieges