sit

[[t]sɪt[/t]]

v. sat, sat, sit•ting

1) to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated (often fol. by down)

2) to be located or situated:

The house sits on a cliff[/ex]

3) to rest or lie (usu. fol. by on or upon):

An aura of greatness sits upon her[/ex]

4) to place oneself in position for an artist, photographer, etc.; pose

5) to remain quiet or inactive:

Let the matter sit[/ex]

6) anb (of a bird) to cover eggs with the body for hatching; brood

7) to fit or hang, as a garment

8) to occupy an official seat or have an official capacity, as a legislator

9) to be convened or in session, as an assembly

10) cvs to take care of something or someone like a baby-sitter (usu. used in combination):

to plant-sit for the neighbors[/ex]

11) mer to blow from the indicated direction:

a wind sitting in the west[/ex]

12) to be accepted or considered in the way indicated:

His answer didn't sit right with us[/ex]

13) inf to be acceptable to the stomach:

My breakfast didn't sit too well[/ex]

14) to cause to sit; seat (often fol. by down):

Sit yourself down[/ex]

15) to sit astride or keep one's seat on (a horse or other animal)

16) to provide seating accommodations or room for; seat:

Our table only sits six people[/ex]

17) cvb inf to baby-sit for

18) phv sit in on, to be a spectator, observer, or visitor at

19) phv sit on or upon

a) to inquire into or deliberate over:

A coroner's jury sat on the case[/ex]

b) to put off for a time; postpone

c) inf to check; squelch:

to sit on nasty rumors[/ex]

20) phv sit out

a) to stay to the end of

b) to stay, wait, or endure longer than:

to sit out one's rivals[/ex]

c) to keep one's seat during (a dance, competition, etc.); fail to participate in

21) phv sit up

a) to rise from a supine to a sitting position

b) to sit upright; hold oneself erect

c) to be awake and active during one's usual sleep time:

to sit up all night playing solitaire[/ex]

d) to become interested; take notice

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- sit on one's hands sit pretty sit tight

Etymology: bef. 900; ME sitten, OE sittan, c. OFris sitta, OHG sizzan, ON sitja; akin to Go sitan, L sedēre, Gk hézesthai usage: See set