sit

Where “sit” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
2. 2
   To move oneself into such a position.
3. 3
   To occupy a given position.
4. 4
   To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
5. 5
   To be a member of a deliberative body.
6. 6
   Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
7. 7
   To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
8. 8
   To be adjusted; to fit.
9. 9
   To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
10. 10
    To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
11. 11
    To accommodate in seats; to seat.
12. 12
    To babysit.
13. 13
    To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
14. 14
    To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
15. 15
    To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
16. 16
    To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
17. 17
    To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti Proto-Germanic *sitjaną Proto-West Germanic *sittjan Old English sittan Middle English sitten English sit From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

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