Seat vs. Sit

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Seatnoun

Something to be sat upon.

Seatnoun

A place in which to sit.

Seatnoun

The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

Seatnoun

A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.

Seatnoun

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

Seatnoun

The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.

Seatnoun

(engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.

Seatnoun

A location or site.

Seatnoun

(figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.

Seatnoun

The location of a governing body.

Seatnoun

(certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

Seatnoun

The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated or resides; a site.

Seatnoun

The starting point of a fire.

Seatnoun

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

Seatverb

(transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.

Seatverb

(transitive) To provide with places to sit.

Seatverb

(transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.

Seatverb

To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.

Seatverb

(transitive) To assign the seats of.

Seatverb

(transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

Seatverb

To rest; to lie down.

Seatverb

To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

Seatverb

To put a seat or bottom in.

Seatnoun

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

Seatnoun

The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.

Seatnoun

That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.

Seatnoun

A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.

Seatnoun

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

Seatnoun

A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.

Seatverb

To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.

Seatverb

To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

Seatverb

To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

Seatverb

To fix; to set firm.

Seatverb

To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.

Seatverb

To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

Seatverb

To rest; to lie down.

Seatnoun

a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);

Seatnoun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Seatnoun

furniture that is designed for sitting on;

Seatnoun

any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit);

Seatnoun

a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

Seatnoun

the cloth covering for the buttocks;

Seatverb

show to a seat; assign a seat for;

Seatverb

be able to seat;

Seatverb

place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;

Seatverb

put a seat on a chair

Seatverb

provide with seats;

Seatnoun

a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.

Seatnoun

the roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one's weight rests directly.

Seatnoun

a sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience

Seatnoun

a person's buttocks.

Seatnoun

the part of a garment that covers the buttocks.

Seatnoun

a manner of sitting on a horse

Seatnoun

a place in an elected legislative or other body

Seatnoun

a parliamentary constituency

Seatnoun

a principal site or location

Seatnoun

short for country seat

Seatnoun

a part of a machine that supports or guides another part

Seatverb

arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere

Seatverb

sit down

Seatverb

(of a vehicle or building) have seats for (a specified number of people)

Seatverb

fit in position

Seat

A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest, head restraint but also headquarters in a wider sense.

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

To move oneself into such a position.

Sitverb

To occupy a given position permanently.

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

To be adjusted; to fit.

Sitverb

To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

(transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.

Sitverb

(intransitive) shortened form of babysit.

Sitverb

To babysit

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

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

Sitnoun

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

Sit

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

Sitverb

To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; - said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.

Sitverb

To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; - with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.

Sitverb

To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.

Sitverb

To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; - used impersonally.

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.

Sitverb

To hold a session; to be in session for official business; - said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.

Sitverb

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.

Sitverb

To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

Sitverb

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

Sitverb

To suit (well or ill); to become.

Sitverb

be standing; be upright;

Sitverb

sit around, often unused;