1. Attraper. Saisir une balle.
2. S'emparer. Le découragement l'a saisi.
3. Comprendre. Saisir une allusion.
4. Surprendre. Saisir un regard.
1. To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws.
2. To close tightly; to clinch.
1. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
3. To contain; to embrace; to include.
1. To seize as forfeited to the public treasury
2. To seize by or as if by authority
1. To become a participant; be involved in; SYN. participate.
2. To come on stage; in the theater.
3. To come or go into; SYN. come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into.
1. To take or grasp suddenly.
2. To make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand.
3. To obtain illegally or unscrupulously.
4. To capture the attention of; SYN. seize.
To hold firmly; SYN. grip, hold on.
1. To pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings; SYN. plunk, pick.
2. To pull or pull out sharply; SYN. tweak, pull off, pick off.
3. To strip of feathers; as of chickens; SYN. pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume.
1. To demand and take for use or service, esp. by military or public authority for public service.
2. To make a formal request for official services.
(Alternate spelling: seise).
(Homonym: seas).
1. To take by force.
2. To take hold of; also metaphorically; SYN. prehend, clutch.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: took, taken).
1. To get into one's hands, take physically; SYN. get hold of.
2. To bring into one's possession.
3. To take by force.
4. To obtain by winning.
5. To make use of or accept for some purpose; SYN. accept.
6. To carry out.
7. To buy, select.
8. To experience or feel; submit to.
9. To be seized in a specified way.
10. To ascertain or determine by measuring, computing, etc.; take a reading from a dial.
11. To travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route.
12. To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort.
13. To interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; SYN. have.