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Seizing

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of grabbing or taking possession. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) wordnet
  3. 3
    Something seized. countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X."

  4. 4
    small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together wordnet
  5. 5
    A type of lashing or binding by a small cord. countable, uncountable

    "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."

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  1. 6
    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. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of seize form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From seize + -ing.

Etymology 2

From seize + -ing.

Etymology 3

From seize + -ing.

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