SEQUESTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sequester mean? 

• SEQUESTER (verb)
  The verb SEQUESTER has 5 senses:

1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

4. keep away from others

5. set apart from others

  Familiarity information: SEQUESTER used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEQUESTER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sequester    ... he / she / it sequesters   
Past simple: sequestered   
Past participle: sequestered   
-ing form: sequestering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

the estate was sequestered

Hypernyms (to "sequester" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Verb group:

attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester

Context example:

The police confiscated the stolen artwork

Hypernyms (to "sequester" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Verb group:

sequester (requisition forcibly, as of enemy property)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sequester"):

condemn (appropriate (property) for public use)

garnish; garnishee (take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support)

distrain (confiscate by distress)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sequestration (seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The cations were sequestered

Hypernyms (to "sequester" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

sequestration (the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Keep away from others

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

seclude; sequester; sequestrate; withdraw

Context example:

He sequestered himself in his study to write a book

Hypernyms (to "sequester" is one way to...):

insulate; isolate (place or set apart)

Verb group:

adjourn; retire; withdraw (break from a meeting or gathering)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sequester"):

lose (withdraw, as from reality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

sequestration (the act of segregating or sequestering)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Set apart from others

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

isolate; keep apart; sequester; sequestrate; set apart

Context example:

The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on

Hypernyms (to "sequester" is one way to...):

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Phosphorylated BAD binds to 14-3-3 and is sequestered in the cytoplasm.

(BAD Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The researchers suggest that, on Titan, the reactions occur inside the ice particles, sequestered from the atmosphere.

(Scientists Find 'Impossible' Cloud on Titan, NASA)

An organelle with a double membrane that sequesters proteins and other organelles which may be targeted for degradation.

(Autophagosome, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, CBL0137 binds to FACT and sequesters the FACT complex on chromatin, which inhibits its activity.

(FACT Complex-targeting Curaxin CBL0137, NCI Thesaurus)

The estrogen-inducible RING finger protein Efp stimulates proliferation of breast cancer cells. 14-3-3 is p53-inducible protein that sequesters mitotic Cdks in the cytoplasm to inhibit entry into mitosis.

(EFP Cell Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The process whereby cellular proteins are positioned and sequestered in the correct cellular compartment for proper function.

(Intracellular Protein Transport, NCI Thesaurus)

Elevated cGMP levels in smooth muscle activate cGMP-dependent kinase activity that leads to release of sequestered Ca2+.

(Isosorbide, NCI Thesaurus)

Cadherin may acts as a negative regulator of signaling beta-catenin as it binds beta-catenin at the cell surface and thereby sequesters it from the nucleus.

(Adherens Junction Assembly Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Expressed in hepatocytes and kidney distal/proximal tubules, secreted 644-aa isoform 2 may bind semaphorins and induce apoptosis by sequestering VEGF-165; it has an adverse effect on blood vessel integrity.

(Neuropilin 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A device or material designed to sequester cardon dioxide.

(Carbon Dioxide Absorber Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)