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Definitions for Siege

[1] the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
[2] any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance.
[3] a series of illnesses, troubles, or annoyances besetting a person or group: a siege of head colds.
[4] a prolonged period of trouble or annoyance.
[5] Also sedge. Ornithology . a flock of herons. the station of a heron at prey.
[6] the shelf or floor of a glassmaking furnace on which the glass pots are set.
[7] Obsolete . a seat, especially one used by a person of distinction, as a throne. station as to rank or class.
[8] to assail or assault; besiege.
[9] lay siege to , to besiege: The army laid siege to the city for over a month.
[10] the offensive operations carried out to capture a fortified place by surrounding it, severing its communications and supply lines, and deploying weapons against it (as modifier ) siege warfare
[11] a persistent attempt to gain something
[12] a long tedious period, as of illness, etc
[13] obsolete a seat or throne
[14] lay siege to to besiege
[15] (tr) to besiege or assail

Words related to Siege

closure, restriction, stoppage, roadblock, barricade, encirclement, beset, bedevil, plague, annoy, clog, bar, wall, stop, snag, obstruction, obstacle, impediment, hindrance, infarct

Words nearby Siege

sidra, sidrah, sids, sieg heil, siegbahn, siege, siege mentality, siege perilous, siege piece, siegen, siegfried

Origin of Siege

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English sege < Old French: seat, noun derivative of siegier < Vulgar Latin *sedicāre to set, derivative of Latin sedēre to sit1; (v.) Middle English segen, derivative of the noun

Other words from Siege

siege·a·ble , adjective
un·sieged , adjective

Word origin for Siege

C13: from Old French sege a seat, from Vulgar Latin sēdicāre (unattested) to sit down, from Latin sedēre

Synonyms for Siege

barricade, closure, encirclement, restriction, roadblock, stoppage, bar, clog, embolus, hindrance, impediment, infarct, infarction, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stop, wall, blank wall