TO 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.
 

Crosswords: TO SIT

German (sitzen).

I'd ask you to sit down, but, you're not going to anyway (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

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)

Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there (A Room with a View; writing credit: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. based on the novel by E.M. Forster.)

You mean to sit there and tell me that that girl slapped your face in front of all those people for nothing (Top Hat; writing credit: Allan Scott; Dwight Taylor)

If you were a gentleman you'd move to allow my daughter and I to sit together (Midsomer Murders; writing credit: Anthony Horowitz; Douglas Watkinson)

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

The newsman said not to sit on strange toilet seats (But Anyway; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch (LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

I can't afford to sit down, get bored (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat)

We'd have to sit down and talk it over (No Son Of Mine; performing artist: Genesis)

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

Adult Education Topic: Is it genetically impossible to sit quietly as she parallel parks? Driving simulation. (references; author: unknown)

I don't understand Christianity, nor do I understand electricity, but I don't intend to sit in the dark until I do! (references; author: unknown)

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

Books

• Soft : an irresistible collection of pillows, toys, bags, objects to sit on, ornaments for the body, and various malleable oddities ... and how to make them (reference)

• Soft: An Irresistible Collection of Pillows, Toys, Bags, Objects to Sit On, Ornaments for the Body, and Various Malleable Oddities ... and How to mak (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

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

I brought along some 8-balls for them to sit behind. Credit: Library of Congress.

Somebody's got to sit in it. 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.

Letter from Mathew Brady to President Abraham Lincoln, asking Lincoln to sit for a photograph. Credit: Library of Congress.

Durman Hotel, Little Fork, Minnesota, a favorite place for lumberjacks to sit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Migrant laborers' camp near Canal Point, Florida. In foreground is a bean hamper which they use to sit on and they call a "muck rocker." Some of them are from Missouri and Arkansas. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If one of the Members fails to nominate one of the nonGovernment Delegates whom it is entitled to nominate, the other non-Government Delegate shall be allowed to sit and speak at the Conference, but not to vote. (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

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

He liked to sit near him at the fire, looking up at his dark fierce face

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.

There, in a very secluded and shaded spot, under a spreading white pine, there was yet a clean, firm sward to sit on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

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

Bring a friend or family member to sit with you while you talk with your doctor. (references)

Children with ADHD experience an inability to sit still and pay attention in class and the negative consequences of such behavior. (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)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

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

Central African Republic

Several RCD deputies continued to sit in the National Assembly during the suspension, and the party resumed its normal activities in late September. (references)

Korea

In the past, there have been allegations that discipline includes physical torture such as placing wooden logs between the knees of offenders, after which they were forced to sit down, causing them excruciating pain. (references)

Economic History

Georgia

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

Zimbabwe

In 1981, several MPs from Smith's party left to sit as "independents," signifying that they did not automatically accept his antigovernment posture. (references)

Human Rights

Kenya

In treason and murder cases, the deputy registrar of the High Court can appoint three assessors to sit with the High Court judge. (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)

Political Rights

Zimbabwe

The President also exerts great influence on the process by which the country's chiefs (traditional rulers) select 10 of their number to sit as M.P.'s. All 30 of these M.P.'s have been consistent ZANU-PF members. (references)

Singapore

It intimidates the members of the opposition through the threat of libel suits and the subsequent loss of their political future, since large judgments in libel suits can lead to bankruptcy, and under the law bankrupt persons are ineligible to sit in Parliament. (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 "TO SIT": ask to sit down ♦ cause to sit down ♦ 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. Additional references.

Albanian

propozoj të uluni (ask to sit down). (various references)

Arabic 

جلس (sit down). (various references)

Asturian

sentase. (various references)

Aymara

qont'asiña (chair). (various references)

Bemba

ukwikala. (various references)

Blackfoot

opii. (various references)

Cebuano

molingkod. (various references)

Chamorro

para man fatáchong. (various references)

Chinese 

座 (to take a seat), 坐 (to take, to take a seat). (various references)

Cornish

esedha. (various references)

Danish

vaere dommer (to sit in the capacity of judge), plads (location, place, place to sit, plaza, public square, seat, spot, square), have adgang til... (to be allowed to sit on...), aflaegge proeve (to sit an examination), aflaegge eksamen (to sit an examination). (various references)

Dutch

toelating tot vergaderingen van... (to be allowed to sit on...), zitplaats (place to sit, seat), schriftelijk examen afleggen (to sit an examination), plaats (city, court, courtyard, function, job, location, office, place, place to sit, post, seat, spot, town, village, yard), als rechter zetelen (to sit in the capacity of judge). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

tiyarina (chair). (various references)

Esperanto

sidloko (place to sit, seat). (various references)

Faeroese

at sita. (various references)

French

siéger en qualité de juge (to sit in the capacity of judge), composer (put together), être admis � siéger dans... (to be allowed to sit on...). (various references)

Frisian

sitte (sit). (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, sit on, to sit (sat). (various references)

Greek 

παρακάθημαι με την ιδιότητα του δικαστή (to sit in the capacity of judge), εξετάζομαι γραπτώς (to sit an examination). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"רביץ (beat, cause to sit down, disseminate, hit, smack, spank, sprinkle, strike). (various references)

Hungarian

tartózkodik (abide, beware, dwell, sat, stay, to abide, to eschew, to hold back, to inhabit, to live, to make a stay, to sojourn), megül (sat, solemnize, to fork, to solemnize, to straddle), időz (sat, to loiter, to while), ülést tart (sat), ülésezik (sat), ül (sat, sit, to be inside, to get on one's high horse, to ride a donkey, to ride one's high horse). (various references)

Indonesian

gelaran (carpet, mat to sit on). (various references)

Inuktitut

iksivajuq (to sit down). (various references)

Italian

sedere (backside, be seated, rump, sit, sit down, take a seat). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

懸ける (to construct, to hang, to offer as a prize, to put one's life on the line). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すわる (to sit down, to squat), 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 down, to soar, to stake, to wager, to wear), �"しかける. (various references)

Kongo

ku-vwanda. (various references)

Macedonian

sedi. (various references)

Maya

kul (to sit down). (various references)

Mohawk

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

Papago

thahiwua. (various references)

Pig Latin

otay itsay.(various references)

Portuguese

ter assento na qualidade de juiz;participar na qualidade de juiz (to sit in the capacity of judge), ter assento em... (to be allowed to sit on...), sentar-se (sit, squat, take a seat, to sit oneself down), lugar (emplacement, first of all, function, job, lieu, location, place, place to sit, position, post, pound, room, seat, stead, thorp, where). (various references)

Provencal

se seire. (various references)

Romansch

seser. (various references)

Romany

besh� v. (various references)

Ruanda

kwicara. (various references)

Russian 

усаживать (ask to sit down). (various references)

Samoan

e nofo. (various references)

Sepedi

dula. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pozvati da sedne (ask to sit down). (various references)

Sicilian

assittari. (various references)

Spanish

se autoriza a asistir a... (to be allowed to sit on...). (various references)

dur-ru-un. (various references)

sedeo, sedeo sedi sessum. (various references)

ånghânô. (various references)

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

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

Misspellings

"TO SIT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tosit. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: toits.

-1 letter: toit, tost, tots.

-2 letters: its, sit, sot, tis, tot.

-3 letters: is, it, os, si, so, ti, to.

+1 letter: dittos, otitis, outsit, stotin.

+2 letters: altoist, atomist, bistort, distort, dotiest, egotist, glottis, hottish, intorts, litotes, outfits, outhits, outsits, outwits, potties, protist, risotto, scottie, sottish, spotlit, station, tictocs, tiptoes, tiptops, toilets, tomtits, toniest, tootsie, tourist, tricots, tritons, utopist, wittols.

+3 letters: altoists, atomists, biotites, bistorts, bitstock, bittocks, botanist, botrytis, citators, cottiers, demotist, distorts, dottiest, egotists, fistnote, footiest, frostbit, gothites, goutiest, hootiest, introits, jettison, joltiest, jottings, loftiest, mattoids, mistutor, mitsvoth, moistest, mothiest, motliest, motorist, nepotist, noisette, obtusity, ofttimes, omitters, opticist, optimist, oscitant, osteites, osteitic, osteitis, ostinati, ostinato, otiosity, otitides, otoliths, ouistiti, outsight, outskirt, outstrip, outwaits, patriots, plotties, politest, postriot, pottiest, poutiest, protists, quittors, ricottas, ridottos, risottos, rootiest, scotties, shotting, slotting, snottier, snottily, sootiest, spittoon, spottier, spottily, spotting, stations, stenotic, stickout, stiction, stiletto, stinkpot, stockist, stomatic, stoniest, stotinka, stotinki, stotinov, stoutish, strontia, strontic, swotting, tactions, talipots, tenorist, teosinte, theorist, thorites, timeouts, tinstone, tipstock, titanous, titmouse, toastier, toasting, tonetics, tonights, tontines, tootsies, torosity, tortious, tortoise, tortonis, totalise, totalism, totalist, totemism, totemist, tourists, touristy, traitors, triolets, tritomas, tritones, tuitions, utopists, votarist, withouts, zootiest.