seizing

verbenomadjectifattesté dans les dialogues

Royaume-Uni//ˈsizɪŋ//

The act of grabbing or taking possession.

verbe

1
Aussi une forme de seizepresent participle and gerund of seize

Étymologie

From seize + -ing.

nom

1
The act of grabbing or taking possession.
2
Something seized.
The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X.
3
A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.
Cut your seizings and draw the poles, ye harpooneers!” Silently obeying the order, the three harpooneers now stood with the detached iron part of their harpoons, some three feet long, held, barbs up, before him.
4
A type of lashing or binding by a small cord. Such lashing used to temporarily immobilize the ends of a rope to prevent a knot from slipping or collapsing.

adjectif

1
That seizes the attention; impressive.
It is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun.

Formes

pluriel: seizings
comparatif: more seizing
superlatif: most seizing

seen · Understood; comprehended.segment · A length of some object.seize · To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

seizing · The act of grabbing or taking possession.

seizure · senses related to possession The act of taking possession, as…seldom · Infrequently, rarely.select · Privileged, specially selected.

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