intransitive verb. To rest with the torso vertical and the body supported on the buttocks.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To rest with the hindquarters lowered onto a supporting surface. Used of animals.

intransitive verb. To perch. Used of birds.

intransitive verb. To cover eggs for hatching; brood.

intransitive verb. To be situated or located.

intransitive verb. To lie or rest.

intransitive verb. To pose for an artist or photographer.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To occupy a seat as a member of a body of officials.

intransitive verb. To be in session.

intransitive verb. To remain inactive or unused.

intransitive verb. To affect one with or as if with a burden; weigh.

intransitive verb. To fit, fall, or drape in a specified manner.

intransitive verb. To be agreeable to one; please.

intransitive verb. To take an examination, as for a degree.

intransitive verb. To blow from a particular direction. Used of the wind.

intransitive verb. To keep watch or take care of a child.

intransitive verb. To cause to sit; seat.

intransitive verb. To keep one's seat on (an animal).

intransitive verb. To sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.

intransitive verb. To provide seating accommodation for.

noun. undefined

noun. The act of sitting.

noun. A period of time spent sitting.

noun. The way in which an article of clothing, such as a dress or jacket, fits.

phrasal verb. To take a seat.

phrasal verb. To be present or participate as a visitor at a discussion or music session.

phrasal verb. To act as a substitute.

phrasal verb. To take part in a sit-in.

phrasal verb. To confer about.

phrasal verb. To suppress or repress.

phrasal verb. To postpone action or resolution regarding.

phrasal verb. To rebuke sharply; reprimand.

phrasal verb. To stay until the end of.

phrasal verb. To refrain from taking part in.

phrasal verb. To rise from lying down to a sitting position.

phrasal verb. To sit with the spine erect.

phrasal verb. To stay up later than the customary bedtime.

phrasal verb. To become suddenly alert.

idiom. (sit on (one's) hands) To fail to act.

idiom. (sit pretty) To be in a very favorable position.

idiom. (sit tight) To be patient and await the next move.

noun. A subsidence or fall of the roof of a coal-mine.

To take or have such a posture that the back is comparatively erect, while the rest of the body bends at the hips and generally at the knees, to conform to a support beneath; rest in such a posture; occupy a seat: said of persons, and also of some animals, as dogs and cats.

To crouch, as a bird on a nest; hence, to brood; incubate.

To perch in a crouching posture; roost: said of birds.

To be or continue in a state of rest; remain passive or inactive; repose.

To continue in a position or place; remain; stay; pass the time.

To be located; have a seat or site; be placed; dwell; abide.

"In another summer I shall not sit so high, nor, indeed, _sit_ anywhere, but take instead the easiest and laziest of all positions."

lien  loosely  pose  sit up  stay  

to sit at table  

be  change posture  convene  guard  serve  

crouch  hunker  hunker down  lounge  perch  

Brit  Grit  Kit  Pitt  Pritt  

Derry  Seat  atque  audire  break  

a  abide  accept  be  be gravid  

sat  sitting  

sat  sits  sitting