sit

UK /sɪt/ US /sɪt/
noun 8verb 5name 1

Definitions

verb

1

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

After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.

You're finishing the chowder if you sit there (motionless) all evening!

2

To move oneself into such a position.

I asked him to sit.

3

To occupy a given position.

The dishes are still sitting on the table!

The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.

4

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

And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.

5

To be a member of a deliberative body.

I currently sit on a standards committee.

noun

1

An act of sitting.

2

Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.

3

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

noun

1

Clipping of situation.

The increasing scope of the disaster was relayed in short, terse sentences whose brevity does not conceal the unfolding nightmare. […] In mid-afternoon at 1600: “Sit is getting worse; need help badly,” “have considerable number of wounded that are unable to evacuate.”

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