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Seiurus
- noun - ovenbirds and water thrushes
Seizers
- noun - a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
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
Seizure
- noun - a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- the act of taking of a person by force
- the taking possession of something by legal process
Shi'ite
- noun - a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
Shiatsu
- noun - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
Shibahs
- noun - (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva"
Shields
- noun - a protective covering or structure
- armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him"
- protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
Shifted
- verb - change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
- change in quality; "His tone shifted"
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
- change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
- make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
- move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
- move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
- move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
- move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
- move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
- move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
- us
Shifter
- noun - a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears; "in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever"
- a stagehand responsible for moving scenery