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chwytać

seize [si:z] VB trans

1. seize (grasp):

seize
chwytać [perf chwycić]
to seize sth from sb
wyrywać [perf wyrwać] coś komuś

2. seize (take):

seize
przejmować [perf przejąć]
seize place
zajmować [perf zająć]

3. seize (make use of):

to seize an opportunity
korzystać [perf s-] z okazji

4. seize (be affected):

to be seized with terror
być przejętym panicznym strachem

5. seize:

seize criminal
ująć
seize criminal
pojmać
seize hostage
brać [perf wziąć]

6. seize (confiscate):

seize
zajmować [perf zająć]

seize on VB trans

seize on
skwapliwie wykorzystywać [perf wykorzystać]

seize up VB intr

1. seize up (stop operating):

seize up
przestać działać
seize up engine
zatrzeć się
seize up program
zawieszać [perf zawiesić] się

2. seize up inf part of body:

seize up
szwankować

seize upon VB trans

seize upon PHRVB seize on

seize on VB trans

seize on
skwapliwie wykorzystywać [perf wykorzystać]
Present
Iseize
youseize
he/she/itseizes
weseize
youseize
theyseize
Past
Iseized
youseized
he/she/itseized
weseized
youseized
theyseized
Present Perfect
Ihaveseized
youhaveseized
he/she/ithasseized
wehaveseized
youhaveseized
theyhaveseized
Past Perfect
Ihadseized
youhadseized
he/she/ithadseized
wehadseized
youhadseized
theyhadseized
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to take [or seize] power
przejmować [perf przejąć] władzę
to seize an opportunity
korzystać [perf s-] z okazji
to seize sth from sb
wyrywać [perf wyrwać] coś komuś

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

He could play a game and get through it but it would seize up for days afterwards.
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He would pick it until he tripped the detector mechanism, causing the lock to seize up.
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In the main, the diaphragm would arc from being overdriven, or the audio transformer would seize up from being exposed to excessive voltages.
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This is not normally a problem but funding can seize up in a crisis.
www.telegraph.co.uk
As with marketing analysts of the past, some programmers seize up with eye rolls at the mention of intuition.
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