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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#m1)

2) Surrounded or crowded by many people who want something, such as reporters or fans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#m2)

3) Bothered by a great many requests, questions or problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#x1)
- The besieged town ran out of food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#x2)
- The footballer was besieged by fans asking for autographs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#x3)
- The teacher was besieged with questions about the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#x4)
- Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#x5)
- The helpline was besieged with calls after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.608/)
- [Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.512/)
- [At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.745/)
- [So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.758/)
- [So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1449/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «besieged» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/besieged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.