seizing

Other forms of seizing

plural

seizings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about seizing

What does seizing mean?

seizing means "small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seizing?

seizing has 2 syllables: sei-zing. The stress falls on "sei". In IPA it is /ˈsizɪŋ/.

What is another word for seizing?

Close synonyms include grasping, taking hold, prehension. 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 seizing a common word?

seizing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.