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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
Selfies
- unknown - Self portrait photographs, typically taken on
hand-held cameras or phones.
Selfish
- adjective - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman
Selfism
- - Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness.
Selkirk
- noun - Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
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
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
Sennits
- noun - flat braided cordage that is used on ships