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SEIZE WITH TEETH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seize with teeth mean?
• SEIZE WITH TEETH (verb)
The verb SEIZE WITH TEETH has 1 sense:
1. to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
Familiarity information: SEIZE WITH TEETH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
bite; seize with teeth
Context example:
Gunny invariably tried to bite her
Hypernyms (to "seize with teeth" is one way to...):
grip (hold fast or firmly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seize with teeth"):
gnaw (bite or chew on with the teeth)
bite off; snap at (bite off with a quick bite)
snap (bring the jaws together)
nibble (bite gently)
nip (give a small sharp bite to)
nibble (bite off very small pieces)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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