SEIZE WITH TEETH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seize with teeth mean? 

• SEIZE WITH TEETH (verb)
  The verb SEIZE WITH TEETH has 1 sense:

1. to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws

  Familiarity information: SEIZE WITH TEETH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEIZE WITH TEETH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bite; seize with teeth

Context example:

Gunny invariably tried to bite her

Hypernyms (to "seize with teeth" is one way to...):

grip (hold fast or firmly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seize with teeth"):

gnaw (bite or chew on with the teeth)

bite off; snap at (bite off with a quick bite)

snap (bring the jaws together)

nibble (bite gently)

nip (give a small sharp bite to)

nibble (bite off very small pieces)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody