seized

seize /si:z/
  • động từ
    • chiếm đoạt, cướp lấy, nắm lấy
      • to seize an opportunity: nắm lấy cơ hội
      • to seize power: cướp chính quyền, nắm chính quyền
    • tóm bắt (ai)
    • nắm vững, hiểu thấu
      • to seize the essence of the matter: nắm vững được thực chất của vấn đề
    • cho chiếm hữu ((cũng) seise)
    • (pháp lý) tịch thu, tịch biên
    • (hàng hải) buộc dây
      • to seize ropes together: buộc dây buồm lại với nhau
      • to seize somebody up: buộc ai (vào cột buồm...) để đánh
    • (kỹ thuật) bị kẹt, kẹt chặt
    • to be seized by panic
      • thất kinh, hoảng sợ
    • to be seized with apoplexy
      • (y học) (xem) apoplexy
  • danh từ
    • (kỹ thuật) sự kẹt máy

Xem thêm: appropriated, condemned, confiscate, confiscated, taken over, prehend, clutch, appropriate, capture, conquer, impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, assume, usurp, take over, arrogate, clutch, get hold of, grab



seized

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • take hold of; grab; prehend, clutch

    The sales clerk 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

  • take possession of by force, as after an invasion; appropriate, capture, conquer

    the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants

    The army seized the town

    The militia captured the castle

  • take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; impound, attach, sequester, confiscate

    The FBI seized the drugs

    The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment

    The police confiscated the stolen artwork

  • seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; assume, usurp, take over, arrogate

    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

  • hook by a pull on the line

    strike a fish

  • affect; clutch, get hold of

    Fear seized the prisoners

    The patient was seized with unbearable pains

    He was seized with a dreadful disease

  • capture the attention or imagination of; grab

    This story will grab you

    The movie seized my imagination


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

seizes|seized|seizing
syn.: clasp clutch grab grasp grip snatch

ant.: loose