BESIEGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does besiege mean?
• BESIEGE (verb)
The verb BESIEGE has 3 senses:
1. surround so as to force to give up
2. cause to feel distressed or worried
3. harass, as with questions or requests
Familiarity information: BESIEGE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BESIEGE (verb)
Meaning:
Surround so as to force to give up
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
besiege; circumvent; beleaguer; hem in; surround
Context example:
The Turks besieged Vienna
Hypernyms (to "besiege" is one way to...):
assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "besiege"):
blockade; seal off (impose a blockade on)
ebb (hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to feel distressed or worried
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged
Hypernyms (to "besiege" is one way to...):
distress (cause mental pain to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Harass, as with questions or requests
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The press photographers besieged the movie star
Hypernyms (to "besiege" is one way to...):
importune; insist (beg persistently and urgently)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
