BESIEGE


Meaning of BESIEGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bɪsi:dʒ ]

( besieges, besieging, besieged)

1.

If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.

She was besieged by the press and the public.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

2.

If soldiers besiege a place, they surround it and wait for the people in it to stop fighting or resisting.

The main part of the army moved to Sevastopol to besiege the town...

The Afghan air force was using helicopters to supply the besieged town.

VERB : V n , V-ed

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