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Seining
- verb - fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
Seizing
- verb - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
- hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
- small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
- take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
- take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
- take possession of by force, as after
Sejeant
- - Sitting, as a lion or other beast.
Selling
- verb - be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
- be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products"
- be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes"
- deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
- exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
- give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career"
- persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
- the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
Selsyns
- noun - a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized
Sending
- verb - assign to a station
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
- cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
- the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
- to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept"
- transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
- transport commercially
Sensing
- verb - become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"
- becoming aware of something via the senses
- comprehend; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"
- detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
- perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure"
Sentine
- - A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
Sequent
- adjective - following or accompanying as a consequence;
- in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"