| Siege 1. (n.) The sitting of an army around a fortified place to force a 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 Blockade. 2. (n.) A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. 3. (n.) Hence, place or situation; seat. 4. (n.) Rank; grade; station; estimation. 5. (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. 6. (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. 7. (n.) The floor of a glass-furnace. 8. (n.) A workman's bench. 9. (v. t.) To besiege; to beset. Thesaurus Entries attack, beleaguer, beleaguerment, besetment, besiege, besiegement, blockade, blockading, bottle up, bout, circumscription, confinement, cordon off, cordoning, encircle, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment, envelopment, go, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, inclusion, investment, lay siege to, onslaught, pincer movement, quarantine, seizure, spell, vertical envelopment |