"sit" | Definition and Related Words

sit

Verb

Be seated (synset 201545905)
entail: sit, sit down - take a seat
subtypes:
- lounge - sit or recline comfortably
- sprawl - sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
- perch, rest, roost - sit, as on a branch
- crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat - sit on one's heels
same as: sit down
verb group:
- seat, sit, sit down - show to a seat; assign a seat for
- sit, sit down - take a seat
Be around, often idly or without specific purpose (synset 202698724)
"The object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for another hour"

is a type of: be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

same as: sit around
Take a seat (synset 201988916)
is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture

same as: sit down

verb group: sit, sit down - be seated
Be in session (synset 202028720)
"When does the court of law sit?"

is a type of: convene - meet formally
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes (synset 202147248)
"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

referred to in: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things

is a type of: display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent

subtypes: ramp - be rampant

same as: model, pose, posture
Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions (synset 201961388)
"She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"

referred to in: horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback

is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
subtypes:
- override - ride (a horse) too hard
- ride herd - driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them
- outride - ride better, faster, or further than
- ride horseback - ride on horseback
- prance - cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
- canter - ride at a cantering pace
- extend, gallop - cause to move at full gallop
same as: ride

verb group: ride - sit on and control a vehicle
Be located or situated somewhere (synset 202697056)
"The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue"

is a type of: be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Work or act as a baby-sitter (synset 202461692)
"I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"

is a type of: guard - to keep watch over

same as: baby-sit, babysit
Show to a seat;
Assign a seat for (synset 201546780)
"The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"

causes: sit, sit down - be seated

is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location

subtypes: reseat - show to a different seat

same as: seat, sit down

verb group: sit, sit down - be seated
Serve in a specific professional capacity (synset 201097992)
"the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury"

is a type of: serve - do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function

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