Meaning of siege | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Military action.
2. A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
3. A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
   US
4. A prolonged assault or attack.
   figuratively
5. A seat.
   obsolete
6. A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
   obsolete
7. An ecclesiastical see.
   obsolete
8. The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
   obsolete
9. The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
10. A flock of herons.
11. A toilet seat.
    obsolete
12. The anus; the rectum.
    obsolete
13. Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
    obsolete
14. Rank; grade; station; estimation.
    obsolete
15. The floor of a glass-furnace.
    obsolete
16. A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.”

“Liu Pang's general Han Hsin won the strategic city of Hsing-yang for him, but Hsiang-Yü put Liu Pang under siege there.”

“But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress.”

“Now Merlyn said kyng Arthur / goo thow and aspye me in al this land l knyghtes whiche ben of most prowesse & worship / within short tyme merlyn had founde suche knyȝtes[…]Thenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid the syeges with grete Royalte and deuoycyon / and there sette the viij and xx knyghtes in her syeges”

“To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay[…].”

“Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.”

“Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?”

“I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege.”

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