[sej] 
| 1. | any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places. Compare sedge family. |
| 2. | any plant of the sedge family. |
| 3. | siege (def. 5). |
[seej] noun, verb, sieged, sieg⋅ing.| 1. | the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible. |
| 2. | any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance. |
| 3. | a series of illnesses, troubles, or annoyances besetting a person or group: a siege of head colds. |
| 4. | a prolonged period of trouble or annoyance. |
| 5. | Also, sedge. Ornithology.
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| 6. | the shelf or floor of a glassmaking furnace on which the glass pots are set. |
| 7. | Obsolete.
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| 8. | to assail or assault; besiege. |
| 9. | lay siege to, to besiege: The army laid siege to the city for over a month. |
| sedge (sěj) n. Any of numerous grasslike plants of the family Cyperaceae, having solid stems, leaves in three vertical rows, and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers, with each flower subtended by a scalelike bract. [Middle English segge, from Old English secg; see sek- in Indo-European roots.] |