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Sit| Verb | 1. | sit - be seatedlounge - sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa" sprawl - sit or lie with one's limbs spread out perch, roost, rest - sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" seat, sit down, sit - show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" lie - be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" stand, stand up - be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!" | | | 2. | sit - sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" | | | 3. | sit - take a seat | | | 4. | sit - be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"convene - meet formally; "The council convened last week" | | | 5. | sit - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" ramp - be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" | | | 6. | sit - 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"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell" ride herd - driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them; "Joe was riding herd during the day" outride - ride better, faster, or further than; "The champion bicyclist outrode all his competitors" prance - cause (a horse) to bound spring forward canter - ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow" gallop, extend - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" ride - sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" | | | 7. | sit - work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"guard - to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses" | | | 8. | sit - show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" reseat - show to a different seat; "The usher insisted on reseating us" | |
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