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{
"etymology_text": "The term originates c. 1870 referring to a machine which jammed up because of excessive heat or friction. It has been used figuratively since c. 1950.",
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},
{
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"text": "Iceland's foreign currency market has seized up after the three largest banks collapsed.",
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"To stop functioning; to come to a halt."
],
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"(figuratively) To stop functioning; to come to a halt."
],
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"_dis1": "85 7 8",
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"word": "freeze"
},
{
"word": "freeze up"
},
{
"word": "grind to a halt"
}
],
"tags": [
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{
"text": "It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.",
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],
"glosses": [
"To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move."
],
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],
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"tight"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of muscles) To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move."
],
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"of muscles"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "20 73 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "mennä lukkoon"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 73 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "verhärten"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 73 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "intorpidirsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 73 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svodítʹ",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "своди́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 73 7",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svestí",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "свести́"
},
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"_dis1": "20 73 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "agarrotarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 73 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "tutulmak"
}
]
},
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{
"text": "My car seized up this morning. So I had to catch the bus.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again."
],
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"machine",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of a machine) To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a machine"
],
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"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "lakata toimimasta"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "fi",
"english": "engine",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "leikata kiinni"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"english": "engine",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "hirttää kiinni"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "se gripper"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "blockieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "de",
"english": "engine",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "festfressen"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "de",
"english": "moving piece; reflexive",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "verklemmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "de",
"english": "car",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "liegen bleiben"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "gripparsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "agarrotarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "trabarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 2 70",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "tutukluk yapmak"
}
]
}
],
"word": "seize up"
}
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"forms": [
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"present",
"singular",
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},
{
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"present"
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{
"form": "seized up",
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"past"
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{
"form": "seized up",
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"word": "seize upon"
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"text": "Iceland's foreign currency market has seized up after the three largest banks collapsed.",
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],
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"To stop functioning; to come to a halt."
],
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"halt",
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],
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"(figuratively) To stop functioning; to come to a halt."
],
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"word": "freeze"
},
{
"word": "freeze up"
},
{
"word": "grind to a halt"
}
],
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"text": "It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.",
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],
"glosses": [
"To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move."
],
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"muscles",
"muscles"
],
[
"stiffen",
"stiffen"
],
[
"tight",
"tight"
]
],
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"(of muscles) To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of muscles"
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "My car seized up this morning. So I had to catch the bus.",
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"glosses": [
"To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again."
],
"links": [
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"machine",
"machine"
]
],
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"(of a machine) To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again."
],
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"of a machine"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "mennä lukkoon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "verhärten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "intorpidirsi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svodítʹ",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "своди́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svestí",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "свести́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "agarrotarse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "muscles stiffen",
"word": "tutulmak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "lakata toimimasta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "engine",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "leikata kiinni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "engine",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "hirttää kiinni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "se gripper"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "blockieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "engine",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "festfressen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "moving piece; reflexive",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "verklemmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "car",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "liegen bleiben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "gripparsi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "agarrotarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "trabarse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "machine stop working",
"word": "tutukluk yapmak"
}
],
"word": "seize up"
}
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