siege

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. Military action.
2. Military action.
3. Military action.
4. A seat.
5. (obsolete) A seat.
6. (obsolete) An ecclesiastical see.
7. (obsolete) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
8. The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
9. A flock of heron.
10. (obsolete) A toilet seat.
11. (obsolete) The anus; the rectum.
12. (obsolete) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
13. (obsolete) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
14. (obsolete) The floor of a glass-furnace.
15. (obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Verb

To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.

Sinonimi

blockade

besiege

encirclement

besieging

beleaguering

investment

hearth

military blockade

attack

👊

beleaguer

envelopment

leaguer

obsession

onslaught

pocket

seat

💺

sole

blokade

lay siege to

holding a castle

finger grate

furnace bottom

furnace bed

bottom of the hearth

oven sole

oven bottom

oven hearth

furnace siege

assault

kiln bottom

bed plate

besiegement

bottom

box

📦

chair

🪑

column

confinement

enclosure

entrapment

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/siːd͡ʒ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).

Frasi

Two of his commanders were executed after the siege for their part in it .

Due dei suoi comandanti furono giustiziati dopo l'assedio per la loro parte in esso.