sit

Definitions of sit in various dictionaries:

verb - be seated

verb - be around, often idly or without specific purpose

verb - take a seat

verb - be in session

verb - assume a posture as for artistic purposes

verb - sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

verb - be located or situated somewhere

verb - work or act as a baby-sitter

verb - show to a seat

verb - serve in a specific professional capacity

To rest with the torso vertical and the body supported on the buttocks.

To rest with the hindquarters lowered onto a supporting surface.

To perch.

To cover eggs for hatching; brood.

To be situated or located: a house that sits on a hill.

See Usage Note at set1.

To pose for an artist or a photographer.

To occupy a seat as a member of a body of officials: sit in Congress.

To be in session.

To remain inactive or unused: Her expensive skis sat gathering dust.

To affect one with or as if with a burden; weigh: Official duties sat heavily upon the governor.

To fit, fall, or drape in a specified manner: The jacket sits perfectly on you.

To be agreeable to one; please: The idea didn’t sit well with any of us.

Chiefly British.

To blow from a particular direction.

To keep watch or take care of a child.

To cause to sit; seat: Sit yourself over there.

To keep one’s seat on (an animal): She sits her horse well.

To sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.

To provide seating accommodation for: a theater that sits 1,000 people.

The act of sitting.

A period of time spent sitting.

The way in which an article of clothing, such as a dress or jacket, fits.

To attend or participate in as a visitor: sat in on the discussion.

To take part in a sit-in.

To confer about.

Informal.

To postpone action or resolution regarding.

To rebuke sharply; reprimand.

To stay until the end of.

To refrain from taking part in: sit out a dance.

To rise from lying down to a sitting position.

To sit with the spine erect.

To stay up later than the customary bedtime.

To be in a very favorable position.

verb - to rest on the buttocks

SIT - Sitting is a basic human resting position. The body weight is supported primarily by the buttocks in contact with the ground or a horizontal object s...