chair

UK /t͡ʃɛː/ US /t͡ʃɛɚ/
noun 5verb 3name 2

Definitions

noun

1

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.

I sat on my chair to have dinner.

2

Clipping of chairperson.

Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.

The Chair behaves himself like a Busby amongst so many school-boys[…]and takes a little too much on him.

3

The post or position of chairperson.

The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.

4

The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.

5

A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.

The wooden or steel keys used to secure bull-head rails in their chairs are usually driven in the direction of the traffic, so that the effects of rail-creep may be made use of to wedge the keys more firmly, rather than to encourage them to drop out.

verb

1

To act as chairperson at; to preside over.

Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.

Dama ben Netina, the gentile "Mayor" of first-century Ashkelon, was once chairing a meeting of the City Council.

2

To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.

The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the marketplace.

3

To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.

The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.

name

1

Chairperson.

Please address all questions through the Chair.

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