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   sit

   /sɪt/

   verb

   • 1. adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright: "I sat next to him at dinner" Similar take a seatseat oneselfsettle downbe seatedtake a chairperchinstall oneselfensconce oneselfplant oneselfplump oneselfflopcollapsesink downflumpinformal:take the load/weight off one's feetpark oneselfplonk oneselftake a pewOpposite standrise
   • ▪ cause (someone) to sit: "I sat the baby on my lap"
   • ▪ (of an animal) rest with the hind legs bent and the body close to the ground: "it is important for a dog to sit when instructed"
   • ▪ ride or keep one's seat on (a horse): "have you never sat a horse before?"
   • ▪ (of a table, room, or building) be large enough for (a specified number of seated people): "the chapel sat about 3,000 people" Similar holdseathave seats forhave space forhave room foraccommodatetake
   • ▪ (of a hen or other bird) settle on eggs for the purpose of incubating them: "don't introduce a new male when the hens are sitting"
   • ▪ not use (a player) in a game: North American "the manager must decide who to sit in the World Series"
   • 2. be or remain in a particular position or state: "the fridge was sitting in a pool of water" Similar be situatedbe locatedbe positionedbe sitedbe placedperchreststand
   • ▪ (of an item of clothing) fit a person well or badly as specified: "the blue uniform sat well on his big frame"
   • 3. (of a parliament, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business: "Parliament continued sitting until March 16" Similar meetassembleconvenebe in session
   • ▪ serve as a member of a council, jury, or other official body: "the Senate has 100 members who sit for 6 years" Similar serve onhave a seat onhold a seat onbe a member ofcarry out duties onwork on
   • 4. take (an examination): British "pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE"
   • 5. live in someone's house while they are away and look after their pet or pets: "Kelly had been cat-sitting for me"

   noun

   • 1. a period of sitting: "a sit in the shade"
   • 2. the way in which an item of clothing fits someone: archaic "the sit of her frock"

   Word Origin Old Englishsittan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zitten, German sitzen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sedere and Greek hezesthai.

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