besiege (verb)

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• besiege — ► VERB 1) surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force it to surrender. 2) harass or oppress with requests or complaints. DERIVATIVES besieger noun. ORIGIN Old French asegier …   English terms dictionary

• besiege — verb Besiege is used with these nouns as the object: ↑castle, ↑fortress …   Collocations dictionary

• besiege — verb (T) 1 to surround a city or castle with military force until the people inside let you take control: In April 655, Osman s palace in Medina was besieged by rebels. 2 (usually passive) if people, worries, thoughts etc, besiege you, you are… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• besiege — verb a) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer. b) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset …   Wiktionary

• besiege — verb 1》 surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender. 2》 crowd round oppressively.     ↘(be besieged) be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints. Derivatives besieger noun Origin ME: alt. of… …   English new terms dictionary

• besiege — verb 1) the Romans besieged Carthage Syn: lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade, surround; archaic invest 2) fans besieged his hotel Syn: surround, mob, crowd around, swarm around, throng around, encircle …   Thesaurus of popular words

• besiege — verb 1) the army besieged Leith Syn: lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade 2) he was besieged by fans Syn: surround, mob, harass, pester, badger 3) we were besieged with requests …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• besiege — [[t]bɪsi͟ːʤ[/t]] besieges, besieging, besieged 1) VERB: usu passive If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you. [be V ed] She was besieged by the press and the public. 2) VERB If soldiers besiege …   English dictionary

• besiege — UK [bɪˈsiːdʒ] / US [bɪˈsɪdʒ] verb [transitive] Word forms besiege : present tense I/you/we/they besiege he/she/it besieges present participle besieging past tense besieged past participle besieged 1) a) to surround a place with an army and… …   English dictionary

• besiege — be|siege [ bı sidʒ ] verb transitive 1. ) usually passive to make more requests, offers, comments, or complaints than someone can deal with: besiege someone/something with something: The department has been besieged with enquiries from students… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• besiege — [bɪˈsiːdʒ] verb [T] 1) to make more requests or complaints than someone can deal with The department has been besieged with letters from angry students.[/ex] 2) if soldiers besiege a place, they surround it and prevent the people there from… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English