n.
- a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.
▸the roughly horizontal part of a chair.
▸a sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience.
- a person's buttocks.
▸a manner of sitting on a horse.
- a place in an elected parliament or council.
▸Brit. a parliamentary constituency.
- a site or location.
▸
(also country seat)
Brit. a large country house and estate belonging to an aristocratic family.
- a part of a machine that supports or guides another part.
v.
- arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere.
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(seat oneself or be seated)
sit down.
▸(of a building or vehicle) have sufficient seats for.
- fit in position.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (as n.): from ON sæti, from the Gmc base of sit.