Definition of siege

"siege" in the noun sense

1. siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade

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

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Quotations for siege

Truth is a stronghold, and diligence is laying siege to it; so that it must observe all the avenues and passes to it. [ South ]

To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack. [ Johnson ]

A town, before it can be plundered and deserted, must first be taken; and in this particular Venus has borrowed a law from her consort Mars. A woman that wishes to retain her suitor must keep him in the trenches; for this is a siege which the besieger never raises for want of supplies, since a feast is more fatal to love than a fast, and a surfeit than a starvation. Inanition may cause it to die a slow death, but repletion always destroys it by a sudden one. [ Colton ]

siege in Scrabble®

The word siege is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters siege:

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siege in Words With Friends™

The word siege is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters siege:

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Words within the letters of siege

2 letter words in siege (1 word)

3 letter words in siege (2 words)

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5 letter words in siege (1 word)

siege + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence siege

Words that start with siege (3 words)

Words with siege in them (5 words)

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Word Growth involving siege

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Longer words containing siege

besiege besieged

besiege besieger besiegers

besiege besieges

sieged besieged

sieges besieges