besieged

«besieged» in Mova's school dictionary: trying to capture a town or castle — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, past form of besiege (besiege, besieges, besieged, besieging); adjective (besieged)

meaning for a pupil

1) Surrounded by an army that is trying to capture a town or castle. tree →

2) Surrounded or crowded by many people who want something, such as reporters or fans. tree →

3) Bothered by a great many requests, questions or problems. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons castles and cities were besieged for months until food ran out. In news and everyday speech a famous person is «besieged by fans» and a shop is «besieged by shoppers» on sale day.

examples

• The castle was besieged for six months. tree →
• The besieged town ran out of food. tree →
• The footballer was besieged by fans asking for autographs. tree →
• The teacher was besieged with questions about the trip. tree →
• Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years. tree →
• The helpline was besieged with calls after the storm. tree →

note

Spelling: «ie» – besiege, siege. Often in the passive: «be besieged by/with». Related noun: siege. Do not confuse with «beseech» (to beg).

In the corpora

• And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
• Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
• At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
• So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
• So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «besieged» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.