Sit

Definition: Sit

Sit

Verb

1. Be seated.

2. Sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner".

3. Take a seat.

4. Be in session, as of courts of law, for example.

5. As for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often".

6. Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!" "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare".

7. Work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do".

8. Show to a seat; assign a seat for: "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Slang

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Sit

Crosswords: Sit

Afrikaan (lay down, place, put, put down, sit, to put), Albanian (bolt, sieve, sift), Danish (her, his, its, their), French (became), Latin (there may be), Serbo-Croatian (full, full-fed, satiated, satisfying).

why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

Look, all I'm asking is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision. You know, to just sit back for one minute and look at the big picture (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

It is a good place to sit and remember, but you have still to create your memories (An Affair To Remember; writing credit: Delmer Daves, Leo McCarey)

Sit down, Jake (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein.)

And I got a rash so bad on my ass, I can't even sit down (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

No need to sit, cause we're 2 Unlimited (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

And you can let some other fool sit down (Pop A Top; performing artist: Alan Jackson)

How many nights you sit beside the phone (Heat of the Moment; performing artist: Asia)

And now I sit back and wait till you say you're sorry (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Turn around and sit it down and let em' bite ya (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either. (references; author: Mark Twain)

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently. (references; author: unknown)

Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pews. (references; author: unknown)

Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen, and I agree. (references; author: unknown)

Do for others with no desire of returned favor. We all should plant some trees we'll never sit under. (references; author: unknown)

I slit a sheet. A sheet I slit. Upon the slitted sheet, I sit! (references; author: unknown)

Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down? (1970)

El- Sit el-nazra (1968)

Sit In (1960)

Baby Sit (2001)

Shut Up Sit Down (2000)

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (performing artist: Madeleine Peyroux)

You Can't Sit Down (performing artist: The Dovells)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Sit Walk Stand (reference)

• Sit, Truman! (reference)

• The Table Where Rich People Sit (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Sit Down & Tone Up (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sit at His Feet & Be Blessed (reference)

• Sit Down...It's the Mojo Men (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Sit 'n Stroll Car Seat/Stroller Combo (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shows interior wide shot of Chemical Lab, part of the Central Cancer Research labs. Two scientists sit on stools in lab. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A sliced loaf of brown bread, a basket of rolls and 4 types of grains sit on a wooden table. There is a bread knife in the foreground. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

[Mother with an infant and a toddler sit on an unmade bed] / United Features Syndicate. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

If You Sit Like This You May Get An Ulcer. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Betty and Benny were made to sit on the front seat in church. Credit: Library of Congress.

He himself, would sit by the old Dutch housewives with a purring grimalkin on his lap. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Turkey" and "Italy" sit exhausted in the ring while "referee time" counts with his watch. Credit: Library of Congress.

Maybe he will sit on them. Credit: Library of Congress.

Crow Indian, kneeling, wearing prayer shawl and holding a feather fan and staff, sings as he shakes a traditional peyote rattle during ceremony; two other young men sit or kneel on either side of him, Crow Indian Reservation, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mother Goose and Grimm. You're a sick, disgusting, vulgar little dog and I want you to sit somewhere else / Mike Peters. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Quod itaque populus malum, antequam factum sit, impedire potest, ne fiat, id postquam factum est, in regem authorem sceleris vindicare non potest: populus igitur hoc amplius quam privatus quispiam habet: quod huic, vel ipsis adversariis judicibus, excepto Buchanano, nullum nisi in patientia remedium superest. (Second Treatise of Government)

This Commission shall sit in the territory of the Saar Basin. (reference)

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1904)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Her father composed himself to sleep after dinner, as usual, and she had then only to sit and think of what she had lost

Sit close to the table

He was obliged to sit close to it, and brood over it, before he could extract the least sensation of warmth from such a handful of fuel

Marius sat down, and made sign to him to sit down

Even junglecats sit doon n huv a wee purr tae themselves now and again, like say, usually after they've likes devoured somebody

John, sit you down, my hearty

Fortune and victory sit on thy helm

Wilson stood by his broken car, and Sairy had gone to the mattress to sit beside Granma, but Sairy was careful not to touch her.

I had a table placed upon the same at which her Majesty ate, just at her left elbow, and a chair to sit on.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion

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Health

When lying down, sit first and then stand. (references)

It helps us run, walk, move, sit, and touch. (references)

These children may learn to sit but do not stand. (references)

Business

KAL is able to sit on the sidelines and watch the development of KAI. As a result of these factors, the domestic creditors are now waiting to see the conclusion of the process to seek a foreign investment partner prior to becoming an equity investor. (references)

Children

Ethiopia

Three federal judges sit on one bench to hear all cases of juvenile offenses. (references)

India

AIIMS initially informed the student that he could not sit for exams; however, after the case was filed under the Disability Act, he was allowed to do so. AIIMS also formulated a system to deal with any future cases of a similar nature. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

He was forced to sit in a patrol car until the incident was finished. (references)

Economic History

Georgia

All serving judges were required to sit for qualifying examinations based on the current law. (references)

Slovenia

Government budget (200): 1,590 billion SIT (approximately $8.747 million U.S.); defense, 1.54% GDP. (references)

Malaysia

All 69 Senate members sit for 6-year terms; 26 are elected by the 13 state assemblies, and 43 are appointed by the king. (references)

Human Rights

Zimbabwe

He also was forced to strip naked and sit very close to a fire. (references)

Australia

When trials are conducted in local courts, magistrates sit alone. (references)

Uruguay

Two military justices sit on the Supreme Court but participate only in cases involving the military. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Every 3 years, indigenous people elect representatives to sit on 35 regional councils and the Torres Strait Regional Authority, who in turn choose 17 commissioners comprising the ATSIC Board. (references)

Minorities

Israel and the occupied territories

The unrecognized villages were declared illegal by the National Planning and Building Law of 1965 when the lands on which they sit were rezoned as nonresidential and the Government claimed ownership. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Special courts, on which both military and civilian judges sit, handle most security-related cases. (references)

Political Rights

Ireland

Two women sit on the 26-member High Court; 2 of the 8 Supreme Court judges are female. (references)

Kuwait

The Constitution provides that cabinet members sit in the National Assembly and may vote on legislation. (references)

Belize

Three women sit in the nine-member Senate, one of whom served as President of the Senate for part of the year. (references)

Travel

Yemen

These events are held at businessmen's homes where guests sit on cushions on the floor. (references)

Uzbekistan

When there are large social gatherings of mixed company, the women and men usually sit in separate groupings. (references)

Worker Rights

China

At some monasteries, government officials also sit on the committees. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sit": ask to sit down ♦ baby sit ♦ building sit ♦ cause to sit down ♦ dummodo sit dives barbarus ipse placet ♦ nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit prius ♦ quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere ♦ salva sit reverentia ♦ sit about ♦ sit about the house ♦ sit around ♦ sit at home doing nothing ♦ sit at smb.'s bedside ♦ sit at smb.'s feet ♦ sit at the very edge ♦ sit back ♦ sit back in an armchair ♦ sit back in one's chair ♦ sit by ♦ sit close ♦ sit down ♦ sit down again ♦ sit down by ♦ sit down on ♦ sit down to table ♦ sit down to work ♦ sit down under ♦ sit down! ♦ sit enthroned ♦ sit for ♦ sit for a borough ♦ sit for an exam ♦ sit for an examination ♦ sit for one's portrait ♦ sit fugging in the house ♦ sit in ♦ sit in a draught ♦ sit in a ring ♦ sit in for ♦ sit in for smb. ♦ sit in judgment ♦ sit in on ♦ sit in state ♦ sit on ♦ sit on a barrel of gunpowder ♦ sit on a committee ♦ sit on my knees ♦ sit on one's haunches ♦ sit on one's knees ♦ sit on pins and needles ♦ sit on the fence ♦ sit on thorns ♦ sit oneself ♦ sit out ♦ sit over ♦ sit over the fire ♦ sit round ♦ sit sandwich ♦ sit smb. up ♦ sit still ♦ sit through ♦ sit tight ♦ sit together ♦ sit trough ♦ sit under ♦ sit up ♦ sit up all night ♦ sit up and beg ♦ sit up at night ♦ sit up for smb. ♦ sit up late ♦ sit up straight ♦ sit up with smb. ♦ sit upon ♦ sit without doing smth. ♦ To sit ♦ To sit at ♦ To sit at chambers ♦ To sit at meat ♦ to sit at table ♦ To sit down ♦ To sit for a fellowship ♦ To sit on brood ♦ To sit out ♦ To sit under ♦ To sit up ♦ won't you sit here?. Additional references.

Beginning with "sit": sit-and-wait, sit-bag, sit-com, sit-coms, sit-down, sit-down strike, sit-downs, sit-in, sit-ins, sit-on, sit-on-the-fence, sit-up, sit-up-and-beg, sit-up-and-beg-bike, sit-upon, sit-ups.

Ending with "sit": baby-sit, bed-sit, half-sit, house-sit, long-sit, re-sit, s-sit.

Afrikaans

sit (lay down, place, put, put down, to put), broei (incubate). (various references)

Albanian

ulem (alight, bend, bend over, burn down, decrease, deepen, descend, dip, drop, duck, fall, go down, recede, sink, sit down, take a seat). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إمتطى صهوة الجواد, ‏بقي (abide, be, bide, continue, endure, exist, remain, reside, rest, stay, stick around, stop, subsist, sustain, tarry), ‏شارك في إجتماع, ‏إستقر (be located, become steady, deposit, locate, lodge, move, plateau, set, settle, settle down, settle oneself, spread out, stabilize, steady, subside), ‏إتخذ وضعا أمام الرسام, ‏إتسع ل (admit, receive), ‏إحتضان (accolade, embracing, hug, hugging), ‏بدل (allowance, apposition, change, exchange, lieu, quid pro quo, recompense, shift, substitute, supersede, switch, treadle), ‏إنعقد, ‏هبط الطائر, ‏جلس (bench, sit down, take a seat), ‏تعنى بالأطفال, ‏تحضن الدجاجة للبيض, ‏حط (landing, perch, positioning, settle, vulgarize), ‏قدم إمتحانا, ‏قعد (maim, paralyse, paralyze, sit down), ‏نجح في إمتحان, ‏إحتل مقعدا في هيئة. (various references)

Asturian

sentase (to sit). (various references)

Aymara

qont'asiña (chair, to sit). (various references)

Basque

eseri (sit to). (various references)

Bemba

ukwikala (to sit). (various references)

Blackfoot

opii (to sit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сядам (perch, seat, sit down, sit up, squat, take a seat, take seats), стоя (abide, keep, remain, sit up, stand, stay, stick, tarry), яздя (horse, ride), седя, слагам да седне (seat, sit down), кацвам (alight, land, light, perch, set down), възсядам (straddle), намирам се (be, come, exist, inhere in, land, lie, seat), мътя (brew, brood, cover, hatch, hover, incubate, rile, roil), заседавам, лежа (couch, lain, lie, lie down, range, repose, rest, set), прилягам (fit), позирам (attitudinize, pose, posture, posturize), побирам (accommodate, admit, carry, contain, hold, receive, seat, sleep, store, take), подхождам (agree, approach, assort, become, befit, beseem, conform, do, fit, match, sort). (various references)

Cebuano

molingkod (to sit). (various references)

Chamorro

para man fatáchong (to sit). (various references)

Chinese 

坐 (seated). (various references)

Cornish

esedha (to sit). (various references)

Czech

sednout, sedìt (be seated, quod), zasedat (be in conference, be in session), posadit kam, nabídnout komu místo, hlídat dítì (baby sit, sit in). (various references)

Danish

sidde. (various references)

Dutch

zitten (pose), koesteren (coddle, incubate, pamper, pet), broeden op (incubate), broeden (incubate). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

tiyarina (chair, to sit). (various references)

Esperanto

sidi, kovi (incubate). (various references)

Faeroese

sita, bøla (incubate). (various references)

Farsi 

نشستن (Perch), قرارگرفتن (Lie, Perch, Stand, Stymie), جلوس کردن (Agree). (various references)

Finnish

istua (be in session, be perched, be seated). (various references)

French

couver. (various references)

Frisian

sitte (to sit), briede (fry, incubate, roast, to fry, toast). (various references)

German

sitzen (be, be inside, be situated, be stuck, fit, have a seat, have its headquarters, have sunk in, hit home, lie, perch, sit on, to sit, to sit (sat), brüten (breed, brood, hatch, incubate, plot, ponder). (various references)

Greek 

κάθημαι (slouch), κάθομαι (seat oneself), καθίζω (seat), συνεδριάζω (caucus, convene, meet), ποζάρω (pose, pose as, swank), επικάθημαι (perch). (various references)

Hebrew 

ישב, לשבת (dwell, inhabit, settle), להושיב (appoint, populate, seat, set, settle), לדגור (hatch, incubate). (various references)

Hungarian

ül (sat, to be inside, to get on one's high horse, to ride a donkey, to ride one's high horse, to sit). (various references)

Indonesian

mendudukkan (betroth, marry off, seat), duduk (dwell, live, recide, situation, state), beracara (be in litigation, be on the agenda). (various references)

Inuktitut

iksivajuq (to sit down). (various references)

Irish

suigh. (various references)

Italian

covare (brood, brood over, hatch, incubate, nurse, simmer), essere seduto. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

隣合う (to adjoin each other, to sit side by side), 懸ける (to construct, to hang, to offer as a prize, to put one's life on the line, to sit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せきにつく (to sit on a seat), となりあう (to adjoin each other, to sit side by side), はらすじ (abdominal muscles, sit-up), ジベタリアン (young people who sit on the ground or sidewalk), もくざ (sit silently), シットイン (sit-in), ろをかこむ (to sit around the fire), あぐら (sit cross-legged), あぐらをかく (to rest on one's laurels, to sit cross-legged), こしをかける (to sit down), こしをおろす (to sit down), こしかける (to sit), いならぶ (to be arrayed, to sit in a row), いなおる (to become aggressive, to sit up properly straight), ちゃくせき (seat, sit down), しけんをうける (to sit for an examination), すわりこむ (to sit down, to sit-in), すわりこみ (sit-in), すわる (to sit, to sit down, to squat), おきなおる (to sit up), なみいる (to be present, to sit in a row), かける (to advance, to be lacking, to begin to, to bet, to canter, to construct, to cover, to fly, to gallop, to gamble, to hang, to make a phone call, to multiply, to offer, to play, to pour, to put on, to puton the line, to risk, to run, to sit, to sit down, to soar, to stake, to wager, to wear), きにとまる (to sit in a tree), かしこまる (to humble oneself, to obey respectfully, to sit straight), ひざをくずす (to sit at ease), ふくきん (abdominal muscles, sit-up), ふっきん (abdominal muscles, sit-up), ふかす (to accelerate, to behave as..., to rev up, to sit up late, to smoke, to steam), どうせき (be with, sit with), たくをかこむ (to have a meal together, to sit at table), ざぶとんをあてる (to sit on a cushion). (various references)

Kongo

ku-vwanda (to sit). (various references)

Korean 

앉으십시요. (various references)

Macedonian

sedi (to sit). (various references)

Manx

soie (bottom, bottom as boat, invest, man-handle; sitting, mount, mounting; resting place, seating, session, situate), clashtyn (hear, hearing). (various references)

Maya

kul (to sit down). (various references)

Mohawk

-tyars (to sit down). (various references)

Norwegian

sitte. (various references)

Occitan

sèire (se). (various references)

Papago

thahiwua (to sit). (various references)

Papiamen

sinta, brui (incubate). (various references)

Pig Latin

itsay.(various references)

Polish

siedzieć. (various references)