Saturday, December 30, 2017

Seas Sees and Seize











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Definition of sea


1a a great body of salt water that covers much of the earth; broadly the waters of the earth as distinguished from the land and air
b a body of salt water of second rank more or less landlocked 
  • the Mediterranean sea
c ocean
d an inland body of water used especially for names of such bodies 
  • the Caspian Sea

2a surface motion on a large body of water or its direction; also a large swell or wave often used in plural 
  • heavy seas
the disturbance of the ocean or other body of water due to the wind

3something likened to the sea especially in vastness 
  • sea of faces
the seafaring life

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sea

 adjective
 at sea

1on the sea; specifically on a sea voyage
 to sea

to or on the open waters of the sea

Definition of see

saw play \ˈsȯ\seen play \ˈsēn\seeing play \ˈsē-iŋ\
transitive verb
to perceive by the eyeto perceive or detect as if by sight

2a to have experience of undergo 
  • see army service
b to come to know discover
c to be the setting or time of
  • the last fifty years have seen a sweeping revolution in science
  •  —Barry Commoner

3a to form a mental picture of visualize 
  • can still see her as she was years ago
b to perceive the meaning or importance of understand
c to be aware of recognize 
  • sees only our faults
d to imagine as a possibility suppose 
  • couldn't see him as a crook

4a examinewatch 
  • want to see how she handles the problem
(1) read 
(2) to read of
c to attend as a spectator 
  • see a play

5a to take care of provide for 
  • had enough money to see us through
b to make sure 
  • see that order is kept

6a to regard as judge
b to prefer to have 
  • I'll see him hanged first
 
  • I'll see you dead before I accept your terms
c to find acceptable or attractive 
  • can't understand what he sees in her

7a to call on visit
(1) to keep company with especially in courtship or dating 
  • had been seeingeach other for a year
 
(2) to grant an interview to receive 
  • the president will seeyou now

8accompanyescort 
  • see the guests to the door

9to meet (a bet) in poker or to equal the bet of (a player) call
intransitive verb
to give or pay attentionto look about
to have the power of sightto apprehend objects by sightto perceive objects as if by sight
to grasp something mentally
b to acknowledge or consider something being pointed out 
  • see, I told you it would rain
to make investigation or inquiry

seeable

 play \ˈsē-ə-bəl\ adjective
 see after

to attend to care for
 see eye to eye

to have a common viewpoint agree
 see red

to become very angry
 see the light

to discover or realize a usually obscured truth
 see the light of day

to become publicly known or available (as through publication) 
  • manuscripts that will never see the light of day
 see things
 see through

to grasp the true nature of 
  • saw through the scheme
 see to

to attend to care for



Definition of seize

seizedseizing
transitive verb
usually seise play \ˈsēz\ often seise 

2a to take possession of confiscate
to take possession of by legal process

3a to possess or take by force capture
b to take prisoner arrest

4a to take hold of clutch
b to possess oneself of grasp
c to understand fully and distinctly apprehend

5a to attack or overwhelm physically afflict 
  • seized with chest pains
b to possess (someone's thoughts, mind, etc.) completely or overwhelmingly
  • seized the popular imagination
  •  —Basil Davenport
to bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff (such as yarn, marline, or fine wire)
intransitive verb
to take or lay hold suddenly or forcibly

2a to cohere to a relatively moving part through excessive pressure, temperature, or friction used especially of machine parts (such as bearings, brakes, or pistons)
b to fail to operate due to the seizing of a part used of an engine



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