sit
verb
[ sɪt ]
• adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright.
• "I sat next to him at dinner"
Similar:
take a seat,
seat oneself,
settle down,
be seated,
take a chair,
perch,
install oneself,
ensconce oneself,
plant oneself,
plump oneself,
flop,
collapse,
sink down,
flump,
park oneself,
plonk oneself,
take a pew,
• be or remain in a particular position or state.
• "the fridge was sitting in a pool of water"
Similar:
be situated,
be located,
be positioned,
be sited,
be placed,
perch,
rest,
stand,
• (of a parliament, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business.
• "Parliament continued sitting until March 16"
• take (an examination).
• "pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE"
• live in someone's house while they are away and look after their pet or pets.
• "Kelly had been cat-sitting for me"
sit
noun
• a period of sitting.
• "a sit in the shade"
• the way in which an item of clothing fits someone.
• "the sit of her frock"
Origin:
Old English sittan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zitten, German sitzen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sedere and Greek hezesthai .
