Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

Translate words and learn from multiple languages

Results for: "sequester"

Translating from English to Polish

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (5)

1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property;
- Example: "the estate was sequestered"

2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;
- Example: "The FBI seized the drugs"
- Example: "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"
- Example: "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
[syn: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize]

3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion;
- Example: "The cations were sequestered"

4. keep away from others;
- Example: "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
[syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw]

5. set apart from others;
- Example: "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
[syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate]

Did you mean? (Similar words):