seizing
noun
[ ˈsiːzɪŋ ]
• a length of cord or rope used for fastening or tying.
• "they prepared a great many seizings to tie the men with"
seize
verb
• take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
• "she jumped up and seized his arm"
Similar:
grab,
grasp,
snatch,
seize hold of,
grab hold of,
take hold of,
lay hold of,
lay (one's) hands on,
get one's hands on,
take a grip of,
grip,
clutch,
take,
pluck,
Opposite:
let go of,
• take (an opportunity) eagerly and decisively.
• "he seized his chance to attack as Carr hesitated"
• (of a feeling or pain) affect (someone) suddenly or acutely.
• "he was seized by the most dreadful fear"
• strongly appeal to or attract (the imagination or attention).
• "the story of the king's escape seized the public imagination"
• (of a machine with moving parts) become jammed.
• "I realized that the mechanism had seized"
• fasten or attach (someone or something) to something by binding with turns of rope.
• "Jack was seized to the gun and had his two dozen lashes"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French seizir ‘give seisin’, from medieval Latin sacire, in the phrase ad proprium sacire ‘claim as one's own’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘procedure’.
