See besiege on Wiktionary
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Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:", "text": "When it arrived, the train was headed by a \"K\" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2021 March 25, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 San Marino”, in BBC Sport:", "text": "They should have inflicted a much heavier loss on their besieged opponents, the highlight being a late goal for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins on debut after he came on as a substitute.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset." ], "id": "en-besiege-en-verb-RCjNsPwJ", "links": [ [ "beleaguer", "beleaguer" ], [ "vex", "vex" ], [ "lay siege", "lay siege" ], [ "beset", "beset" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, figuratively) To 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T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:", "text": "When it arrived, the train was headed by a \"K\" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2021 March 25, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 San Marino”, in BBC Sport:", "text": "They should have inflicted a much heavier loss on their besieged opponents, the highlight being a late goal for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins on debut after he came on as a substitute.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset." ], "links": [ [ "beleaguer", "beleaguer" ], [ "vex", "vex" ], [ "lay siege", "lay siege" ], [ "beset", "beset" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset." 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"sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "обсаждам" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "obkrǎžavam", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "обкръжавам" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "assetjar" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "圍攻" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "wéigōng", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "围攻" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "obléhat" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "belejre" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "belegeren" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "sieĝi" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "piirittää" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "motittaa" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "assiéger" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "asediar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "sitiar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "cercar" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "belagern" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "einkesseln" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "umzingeln" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "umstellen" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "poliorkó", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": 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surround with armed forces", "word": "cercar" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "sitiar" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "assediar" }, { "code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "intuy" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "împresura" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "osaždátʹ", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "осажда́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "osadítʹ", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "осади́ть" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "dèan sèist air" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "oblegati" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "asediar" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "sitiar" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "poner sitio" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "belägra" }, { "code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "cuṭṭumuṭṭu", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "చుట్టుముట్టు" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "kuşatmak" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "obstupaty oblohoju", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "обступати облогою" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "braty v oblohu", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "брати в облогу" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "obljahaty", "sense": "to surround with armed forces", "word": "облягати" }, { "code": "da", "lang": 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