seize up

US pronunciation

American soundseize up

seizeup

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

seize - up -> seize up

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

seize /si:z/ v

၁။ ဖမ်းကိုင်သည်။ ဖမ်းဆွဲ သည်။ She seized me by the wrist. ❍ He seized my bag and ran off with it. သူ ကျွန်တော့်အိတ်ကိုဆွဲလုပြီး ထွက်ပြေးသွားသည်။
၂။ (က) ဖမ်းဆီး သည်။ သိမ်းသည်။ seize the airport in a surprise attack ❍ The army has seized power. ❍ The men were seized (ie arrested) as they left the building. (ခ) (ရဲစသည်က) သိမ်းသည်။ ဖမ်းဆီးသည်။ 20 kilos of heroin were seized yesterday at Heathrow. ❍ All the company's assets were seized.
၃။ (အခွင့်ကောင်းကို) လက်မလွှတ်တမ်း အသုံး ချသည်။ seize the chance to make some money ❍ seize a three-stroke lead ❍ Seize any opening you can.
၄။ (esp passive) (ပြင်းပြသောဆန္ဒ) ရုတ်တရက်ပေါ်သည်၊ ပေါက် သည်။ Panic seized us. ❍ We were seized by a sudden impulse to run.
❏ seize on/upon sth [PHRV ] မလွှတ်တမ်း အသုံးချသည်။ (ပြန်)ကိုင်သည်။ She seized on my suggestion and began work immediately. ❍ The critics seized on my mistake.
❏ seize up [PHRV ] (စက်)တုံ့ခနဲ ရပ်သွားသည်။ Your engine will seize up if you don't put some more oil in. ❍ (fig ) My joints seem to seize up in the cold weather. အေးတဲ့ရာသီမှာ ငါ့အဆစ်အမျက်တွေ ဆိုင်းသွားသလိုပဲ။
❏ seizure /'si:ʒǝ(r)/ n
၁။ [U, C] ဖမ်းဆီးခြင်း။ သိမ်းခြင်း။ the seizure of power by the army ❍ the seizure of contraband by Customs officers ❍ Police reports claim that substantial seizures of cocaine have been made.
၂။ [C] လေသင်တုန်းဖြတ်ခြင်း။ have a seizure ❍ epileptic seizures.

More examples

‘Listen, ’ he said, seizing my wrist.
[seize someone by something] : Before he could run away, she seized him by the collar.
Hearing a noise, he seized his gun from the drawer.
Customs officials have seized 100 kilos of cocaine.
Action was taken to seize criminal assets valued at $200 million.
Eastern towns were seized by the rebels two years ago.
The nation’s generals seized power in a coup.
Robbers tied up security guards and seized the money.
[seize control] : Their opponents had seized control of the army.
[seize the initiative] : You must seize the initiative in discussions about salary.
A wave of panic seized me.
She was seized by agonizing cramps.
The prime minister was very seized by the need to build on everything he was seeing in that stadium.

Synonyms

grab, grab hold of, take hold of, get hold of, snatch, grasp, clutch

Cross references

grab grab hold of take hold of get hold of snatch grasp clutch airport all and any army attack bag been building can chance claim cocaine contraband customs have heroin impulse lead left made