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BESIEGE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they besiege ... he / she / it besieges
Past simple: besieged
-ing form: besieging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harass, as with questions or requests
Example:
The press photographers besieged the movie star
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "besiege" is one way to...):
importune; insist (beg persistently and urgently)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
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 "besiege" 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 "besiege"):
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
Derivation:
besieger (an enemy who lays siege to your position)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause to feel distressed or worried
Example:
She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "besiege" is one way to...):
distress (cause mental pain to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody