Seize

What do we mean by seize?

To grasp suddenly and forcibly; take or grab. intransitive verb

To take by force; capture or conquer. intransitive verb

To take quick and forcible possession of; confiscate. intransitive verb

To focus the attention or intellect on. intransitive verb

To make use of (an opportunity, for example). intransitive verb

To have a sudden overwhelming effect on. intransitive verb

To overwhelm physically. intransitive verb

To cause (someone) to be in possession of something. intransitive verb

To bind (a rope) to another, or to a spar, with turns of small line. intransitive verb

To lay sudden or forcible hold of something. intransitive verb

To cohere or fuse with another part as a result of high pressure or temperature and restrict or prevent further motion or flow. intransitive verb

To come to a halt. intransitive verb

To exhibit signs of seizure activity, often with convulsions. intransitive verb

To focus one's attention or intellect on. phrasal verb

To put in possession; make possessed; possess: commonly with of before the thing possessed: as, A. B. was seized and possessed of the manor; to seize one's self of an inheritance.

To take possession of

To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).

To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.

To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.

To fasten, fix.

To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).

To have a seizure.

To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.

To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

(with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).

Words that are spelled similarly to seize:
seize, size, seine, seige, seise, peize, feize, seite, seiza, seide, seiz, seife, seie.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word seize:
throne, seizure, assets, cao, possessions, coup, control, opportunity, destroy, seized, warrant, occupy, arsenal, wang, fortress, power, prey, yang, initiative, capture, bridges, garrison, airfield, rebellion, property, opportunities, ships, lands, confederate, fled, emperor, arrest, vessels, siege, moment, strategic, supplies, territory, troops, secure, weapons, captured, enemy, objective, defend, allied, guards, hold.

Words that rhyme with seize:
disease, cheese, ease, freeze, expertise, tease, reprise, squeeze, breeze, please, appease, mores, geez, parentheses, analyses, overseas, chinese, lees, these, sease, feces, indices, trees, frieze, japanese, wheeze, diocese, sneeze, jeez, keys, peas, chemise, socrates, skis, sleaze, trapeze, siamese, idiosyncrasies, hercules, isosceles, knees, maltese, bees, seas, cantonese, manganese, pleiades, niese, unease, portuguese, fees, damocles, hypotheses, belize, blue cheese, degrees, ill at ease, testes, tees, chese, attendees, leas, munchies, pease, louise, goat cheese, headcheese, antifreeze, reis, sees, striptease, burmese, fleas, maccabees, displease, sinhalese, pleas, taiwanese, oversees, dees, creaze, journalese, pcs, balinese, aziz, agrees, emphases, bes, javanese, feaze, teas, actuaries, flees, guarantees, tweeze, rameses, cadiz, at ease, hyades, seese.

Adjectives that are often used to describe seize:
louis, poor, frail, sweetest, anti, democratic, pre, worthy, making.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective seize:
hold, power, block, control, opportunity, release, time, quartiers, life, everything, style, responsibility, clerk, paper, something, property, position, blocks, evidence, furniture.

Consonant match to seize:
size, sease, souse, sais, says, seas, seise, sous, sees, psoas, saws, seese, cees, sighs, sows, soos, sues, sies, sause, saus, saiz, saez.

Words that sound like seize:
seas, sees, seize, sieze, sease, sies, cees, seese, caes, seiz, ceas, cese, saez, c.s, siis, size, says, cease, sighs, ses, ces, sause, saws, siz, sues, sais, sez, cece, sows, sews, souse, sous, seis, suz, soz, sizz, sise, suze, saz, soes, soos, sots, saus, sses, suse, seise, saas, saes, cize, seys, sooz, cez, sase, saiz, sahs, saaz, cce, sieyes, tsos, soughs, sces, sehs, tsus, zees, ziz, zis, z's, zeis, zeze, svs, c, ca, caesar, cee, aussies, cedes, cea, ceos, ceer, c., ceat, ceej, -cy, -sy, c.o, ceit, c.a, c a, c.e, -sis, c.t, acies, c e, c o, c.i, c i, ceia, ceils, cebs, c.a.s.