noun. The surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it.

noun. A prolonged period, as of illness.

noun. A seat, especially a throne.

transitive verb. To subject to a siege; besiege.

To lay siege to; besiege; beleaguer; beset.

noun. A seat; a throne.

noun. A fixed situation or position; station as to rank or class; specifically, of the heron, a station or an attitude of watchfulness for prey.

noun. A camp; an encampment, especially as the seat of a besieging army.

noun. The stationing or sitting down of an attacking force in a strong encampment before or around a fortified place, for the purpose of capturing it by continuous offensive operations, such as the breaching, undermining, or scaling of walls or other works, the destruction of its defenders, the cutting off of supplies, etc.; the act of besieging, or the state of being besieged; besiegement; beleaguerment: as, to push the siege; to undergo a siege; hence, figuratively, a prolonged or persistent endeavor to overcome resistance maintained with the aid of a shelter or cover of any kind.

noun. Stool; excrement; fecal matter.

noun. In mech.:

noun. The floor of a glass-furnace.

noun. A workmen's table or bench.

noun. A flock, as of herons, bitterns, or cranes.

transitive verb. To besiege; to beset.

noun. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.

noun. Hence, place or situation; seat.

noun. Rank; grade; station; estimation.

noun. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

noun. The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.

noun. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

noun. The floor of a glass-furnace.

noun. A workman's bench.

noun. a heavy gun for siege operations.

noun. artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.

noun. seat

noun. military action

verb. To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.

noun. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

"Palestinian IT Association (PITA) reports on the IT sector in Gaza, "We are able to export software and communication systems to the Middle East", "but the siege is our biggest obstacle" referring to the limitation on technologies Israel allows into Gaza."

attack of a siege  to lay siege to  to raise a siege  

blockade  encirclement  

Alamo  Atlanta  Bataan  Corregidor  Dien Bien Phu  

besiege  lege  liege  seige  

assault  blockade  bombardment  campaign  capture  

Seat  attack  beleaguer  beleaguerment  beleaguerment  

blockade  

sieged  sieges  sieging