intransitive verb sat, sitting
- to rest the weight of the body upon the buttocks and the back of the thighs, as on a chair; be seated
- to rest on the haunches with the forelegs braced: said of quadrupeds
- to perch or roost: said of birds
- to cover and warm eggs for hatching; set; brood
- to occupy a seat in the capacity of judge, legislator, etc.
- to be in session, as a court or legislature
- to pose for one's portrait or as a model
- Chiefly Brit. to take an examination (for a degree, scholarship, etc.)
- to be or remain inactive
- to be located or have a place: a house sitting up on the hill
- to fit or hang on the wearer: a coat that sits loosely
- to rest or lie as specified: cares sit lightly upon him
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- baby-sit
- to care for a person or thing as for a short time: usually used in combination: housesit
- to have a certain direction; set: said of the wind
Origin:
ME sitten < OE sittan, akin to ON sitja, Ger sitzen < IE base *sed-, to sit > L sedere, Gr hizein, Welsh seddu, to sit