ALL meanings of siege
siege
S s - noun siege the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible. 1
- noun siege any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance. 1
- noun siege a series of illnesses, troubles, or annoyances besetting a person or group: a siege of head colds. 1
- noun siege a prolonged period of trouble or annoyance. 1
- noun siege Also, sedge. Ornithology. a flock of herons. the station of a heron at prey. 1
- noun siege the shelf or floor of a glassmaking furnace on which the glass pots are set. 1
- noun siege Obsolete. a seat, especially one used by a person of distinction, as a throne. station as to rank or class. 1
- verb with object siege to assail or assault; besiege. 1
- idioms siege lay siege to, to besiege: The army laid siege to the city for over a month. 1
- noun siege attack 1
- noun siege persistent pressure on 1
- noun siege throne 1
- noun siege place of rule 1
- noun siege relating to a siege 1
- countable noun siege A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. 0
- noun siege the offensive operations carried out to capture a fortified place by surrounding it, severing its communications and supply lines, and deploying weapons against it 0
- noun siege (as modifier) 0
- noun siege a persistent attempt to gain something 0
- noun siege a long tedious period, as of illness, etc 0
- noun siege a seat or throne 0
- verb siege to besiege or assail 0
- noun siege the encirclement of a fortified place by an opposing armed force intending to take it, usually by blockade and bombardment 0
- noun siege any persistent attempt to gain control, overcome opposition, etc. 0
- noun siege a long, distressing or wearying period 0
- noun siege a seat; throne 0
- verb transitive siege besiege 0