seizing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of seize

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of grabbing or taking possession.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable)Something seized.

   “The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.

   “Cut your seizings and draw the poles, ye harpooneers!” Silently obeying the order, the three harpooneers now stood with the detached iron part of their harpoons, some three feet long, held, barbs up, before him.”

4. (countable, uncountable)A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.

adj

1. That seizes the attention; impressive.

   “It is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun.”