seize up (English, verb)
expansion: seize up (third-person singular simple present seizes up, present participle seizing up, simple past and past participle seized up)
expansion: (intransitive)
Senses:
glosses: To stop functioning; to come to a halt.
tags: figuratively
intransitive
glosses: To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of muscles
glosses: To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a machine
Forms:
form: seizes up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: seizing up
tags: participle
present
form: seized up
tags: participle
past
form: seized up
tags: past