sit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.

   • After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
   • You're finishing the chowder if you sit there (motionless) all evening!
   • He is so fayre, withoutten les, / he semys full well to sytt on des.
2. 2

   To move oneself into such a position.

   • I asked him to sit.
3. 3

   To occupy a given position.

   • The dishes are still sitting on the table!
   • The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
   • Jim's pet parrot sat on his left shoulder.
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   1. 4

      To remain in a state of repose

      To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

      • And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
      • Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
   2. 5

      To be a member of a deliberative body.

      • I currently sit on a standards committee.
   3. 6

      Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.

      • In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session?
   4. 7

      To lie, rest, or bear

      To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.

      • The calamity sits heavy on us.
   5. 8

      To be adjusted

      To be adjusted; to fit.

      • Your new coat sits well.
      • This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think.
   6. 9

      To be accepted or acceptable

      To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

      • How will this new contract sit with the workers?
      • I don’t think it will sit well.
      • The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
   7. 10

      To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture

      To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

      • Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
   8. 11

      To accommodate in seats

      To accommodate in seats; to seat.

      • The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
      • I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft
   9. 12

      To babysit.

      • I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
      • I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
      • I saw […] Mrs. Turman, who sometimes sat Billy when Steff and I went out […]
   10. 13

       To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).

   11. 14

       To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl

       To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

       • The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
   12. 15

       To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself…

       To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.

       • I'm sitting for a painter this evening.
   13. 16

       To have position, as at the point blown from

       To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

       • like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits
       • Sits the wind in that quarter?
   14. 17

       To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack)

       To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

       • Louisa, who […] had but ill born the commencement of this conversation, could sit it no longer, and hastily throwing up the sash, complained of the intense heat of the room.
   15. 18

       An act of sitting.

   16. 19

       Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.

   17. 20

       An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in…

       An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

   18. 21

       Clipping of situation.

   19. 22

       A surname.

   20. 23

       Initialism of special information tone.

   21. 24

       Initialism of Special Investigation Team.

   22. 25

       Initialism of spontaneous ignition temperature.

   23. 26

       Initialism of sterile insect technique

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