seize up

Significado (Inglés)

1. To stop functioning; to come to a halt.
2. To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.
3. To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.

Conceptos

agarrotarse

atiesar

dañarse

anquilosarse

Sinónimos

bind

harden

seize

tighten

Traducciones

gripper

steifen

steif werden

sich verhärten

starr werden

steif machen

steif werden lassen

raidir

s’ankyloser

se gripper

donner de la consistance

fraichir

rendre ferme

rendre obstiné

irrigidire

Etimología (Inglés)

The term originates c. 1870 referring to a machine which jammed up because of excessive heat or friction. It has been used figuratively since c. 1950.