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BELEAGUER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they beleaguer ... he / she / it beleaguers
Past simple: beleaguered
Past participle: beleaguered
-ing form: beleaguering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surround so as to force to give up
Example:
The Turks besieged Vienna
Synonyms:
beleaguer; besiege; circumvent; hem in; surround
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "beleaguer" is one way to...):
assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "beleaguer"):
blockade; seal off (impose a blockade on)
ebb (hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Annoy persistently
Example:
The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Synonyms:
badger; beleaguer; bug; pester; tease
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "beleaguer" is one way to...):
bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate; rag; torment (treat cruelly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot beleaguer Sue
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