TO SIT UP

Definition: TO SIT UP

TO SIT UP

1. To rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. ``He that was dead sat up, and began to speak.'' --Luke vii. 15.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO SIT UP

Even the police began to sit up and take notice (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

I'd like to sit up, if I may. (Return to Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Gill Dennis)

Than to sit up here exposing myself trying to break through (... On The Radio (Remember The Days); performing artist: Nelly Furtado)

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He was conscious now, trying weakly to sit up.

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Health

This is almost always a benign condition, which will disappear within several months after the baby has begun to sit up. Flat spots can be avoided by altering the supine head position. (references)

Repeated bouts of increased cough and sputum production disable most patients and recovery from coughing attacks may take a long time. Patients with severe lung damage sleep in a semi-sitting position because they are unable to breathe when they lie down. They often complain that they awaken during the night feeling "choked-up," and they need to sit up to cough. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Chinese 

坐好 (to sit properly, to sit up straight). (various references)

German

aufrichten (erect, erection, help up, put upright, raise up, set up, set upright, straighten, straighten up, uplift). (various references)

Hungarian

virraszt (to keep vigil, to wake, watch, woke, woken), megijed (shy, to get frightened, to shy, to start), hátsó lábára áll, egyenesen ül, éjszakázik. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

起き直る . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おきなおる. (various references)

Pig Latin

otay itsay upay.(various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: utopist.

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