"seize" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

seize verbo

seize + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 76

seize power • seize control • seize property • seize land • seize one's arm • seize one's hand • seize one's assets • seize weapons • ...

verbo + seize

Kolokacji: 4

try to seize • attempt to seize • begin seizing • sent to seize

seize + preposición

Kolokacji: 31

seize upon • seize up • seize by • seize on • seized during • ...

Kolokacji: 16

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) upon, up, by, on, during, ...

Kolokacji: 10

1. seize by = chwytać przez seize by

seized by

2. seize upon = uczep się seize upon

3. seize on = uczep się seize on

seized on

4. seize up = zaciąć się (o hamulcu), zatrzeć się (o maszynie) seize up

Some he set to seize up what gold and goods they could.
Three weeks and 2,300 miles later, the engine seized up.
We kept on trying even after Earth had gone, until the last generator seized up.
It seized up a little in the heat, and began to sweat.
My body had started to seize up after the long rest.
His brain had seized up, and he was unable to think or move.
But his back started to seize up shortly after he left the court.
He was a stiff man by nature and now his back had seized up on him.
The financial side of the markets began to seize up.
Everything had happened so quickly that his mind seemed to have seized up.