seize with teeth

Questions about seize with teeth

What does seize with teeth mean?

seize with teeth means "to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws".

What is another word for seize with teeth?

Close synonyms include bite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seize with teeth a common word?

seize with teeth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.