Seize vs Cutch - What's the difference?
seize | cutch |
to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
(obsolete) to fasten, fix
to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
to have a seizure
* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician
to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
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(nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail
In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between seize and cutch
is that seize is (nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line while cutch is (nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail.As a verb seize
is to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.As a noun cutch is
(nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail.seize
English
Verb
(seiz)- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)
- Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.
- Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.