sit

Verbs

  • (v) be seated sit down,
  • (v) be around, often idly or without specific purpose
    • The object sat in the corner
    • We sat around chatting for another hour
    sit around,
  • (v) take a seat sit down,
  • (v) be in session
    • When does the court of law sit?
  • (v) assume a posture as for artistic purposes
    • We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
    pose, posture, model,
  • (v) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
    • She never sat a horse!
    • Did you ever ride a camel?
    • The girl liked to drive the young mare
    ride,
  • (v) be located or situated somewhere
    • The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue
  • (v) work or act as a baby-sitter
    • I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
    baby-sit,
  • (v) show to a seat; assign a seat for
    • The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
    seat, sit down,
  • (v) serve in a specific professional capacity
    • the priest sat for confession
    • she sat on the jury

Synonyms

sit down sit around pose posture model ride baby-sit seat

Antonyms

stand stand up lie get up arise rise uprise

See also

sit out sit down

Words of close approximity

sib sic Sif sin sip sir sis six
SA SB SC SD SE Sg si SL SM Sn so sr sr. SS SW
sac sad sag SAM sap SAS Sat saw sax say SBA SbE SbW ScD sea SEB SEC see sen Sep set sew sex SHF shy sib sic Sif sin sip sir sis six ski sky SLE SLS sly SNP sob sod soh sol som Son SOP SOS sot sou sow soy spa SPF spy SSA SSE SSS SSW STD STH STM STP s.t.p. sty sub Sue sum sun sup Sur Sus S.U.V. SUV SVR
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