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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]
Sitting
the attitude generally assumed in Palestine by those who were
engaged in any kind of work. "The carpenter saws, planes, and
hews with his hand-adze, sitting on the ground or upon the plank
he is planning. The washerwoman sits by the tub; and, in a word,
no one stands when it is possible to sit. Shopkeepers always
sit, and Levi sitting at the receipt of custom (Matt. 9:9) is
the exact way to state the case.", Thomson, Land and Book.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Sat({Sate" rel="nofollow">Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat({Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat
({Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
Assess,{Assize" rel="nofollow">[root]154. Cf. Assess,{Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
Subsidy.]
1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
the ground.
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And he came and took the book put of the right hand
of him that sate upon the seat. --Bible (1551)
(Rev. v. 7.)
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I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
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2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
branch, pole, etc.
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3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
in any position or condition.
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And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
here? --Num. xxxii.
6.
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Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
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4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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The calamity sits heavy on us. --Jer. Taylor.
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5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
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This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
Sits not so easy on me as you think. --Shak.
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6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
-- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
to incubate.
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As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
not. --Jer. xvii.
11.
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8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
relative position; to have direction.
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Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
way soever the wind sits. --Selden.
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Sits the wind in that quarter? --Sir W.
Scott.
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9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
as, to sit in Congress.
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10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
to-night.
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11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] ``A
farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
great rent''. --Bacon.
To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
eating.
To sit down.
(a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
sit down when tired.
(b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
town.
(c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
(d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. ``Here we can not sit
down, but still proceed in our search.'' --Rogers.
To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
Univ.]
To sit out.
(a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
Sanderson.
(b) To outstay.
To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
preaching.
To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
with a sick person. ``He that was dead sat up, and began
to speak.'' --Luke vii. 15.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Sitting \Sit"ting\, a.
Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that
which, sits.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Sitting \Sit"ting\, n.
1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who
occupies a seat.
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2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
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3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter,
photographer, etc.
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4. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their
seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a
session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench,
or of a commission.
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The sitting closed in great agitation. --Macaulay.
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5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as
reading a book, playing a game, etc.
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For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's
Epistles I read it all through at one sitting.
--Locke.
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6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
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The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his
songs during the whole time of her sitting.
--Addison.
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Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family
usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor,
chamber, or kitchen.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sat({Sate" rel="nofollow">Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat({Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat
({Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
Assess,{Assize" rel="nofollow">[root]154. Cf. Assess,{Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
Subsidy.]
1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
the ground.
And he came and took the book put of the right hand
of him that sate upon the seat. --Bible (1551)
(Rev. v. 7.)
I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
branch, pole, etc.
3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
in any position or condition.
And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
here? --Num. xxxii.
6.
Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
The calamity sits heavy on us. --Jer. Taylor.
5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so
easy on me as you think. --Shak.
6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
-- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
to incubate.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
not. --Jer. xvii.
11.
8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
relative position; to have direction.
Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
way soever the wind sits. --Selden.
Sits the wind in that quarter? --Sir W.
Scott.
9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
as, to sit in Congress.
10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
to-night.
11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sitting \Sit"ting\, a.
Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that
which, sits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sitting \Sit"ting\, n.
1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who
occupies a seat.
2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter,
photographer, etc.
4. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their
seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a
session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench,
or of a commission.
The sitting closed in great agitation. --Macaulay.
5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as
reading a book, playing a game, etc.
For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's
Epistles I read it all through at one sitting.
--Locke.
6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his
songs during the whole time of her sitting.
--Addison.
Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family
usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor,
chamber, or kitchen.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
sit
v 1: be seated [syn: sit down] [ant: stand, lie]
2: sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"
3: take a seat [syn: sit down] [ant: arise]
4: be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"
5: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know
the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model,
pose, posture]
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" [syn: ride]
7: work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I
have too much homework to do" [syn: baby-sit]
8: show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next
to Mrs. Smith" [syn: seat, sit down]
[also: sitting, sat]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
sitting
adj 1: (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the
body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna";
"the audience remained seated" [syn: seated] [ant: standing]
2: not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"
n 1: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for
a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait
painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" [syn: posing]
2: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he
read the mystery at one sitting"
3: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the
medium's parlor" [syn: seance, session]
4: a session as of a legislature or court
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
sitting
See sit
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sitting
Αγγλικά a.
1 που συμβαίνει ή εκτελείται σε/από καθιστή στάση· (πχ μουσική
εκτέλεση σε καθιστή στάση)
2 εν ενεργεία
Αγγλικά n.
1 η μία φορά που κάθεται κανείς για να κάνει κάτι ορισμένο, (π.χ. να
φάει, για ποζάρισμα)
2 η συνεδρίαση ενός νομοθετικού οργάνου
3 η ενέργεια ενός πουλιού που κλωσάει τα αβγά του
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sitting
Norwegian Nynorsk alt.
the act of (l en sitting)
Norwegian Nynorsk n.
the act of (l en sitting)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
sitting
n.
1 A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
2 A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
3 A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
4 The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
5 A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not
"period").
6 The incubation of eggs by a bird.
7 A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
8 Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during
which one continues at anything.
a.
1 Executed from a sitting position.
2 occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.
vb.
(present participle of en sit nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
sitting
Norwegian Nynorsk alt.
the act of (l en sitting)
Norwegian Nynorsk n.
the act of (l en sitting)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
sitting
Norwegian Nynorsk alt.
the act of (l en sitting)
Norwegian Nynorsk n.
the act of (l en sitting)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sitting
Englanti n.
1 istuminen, se että istua
2 istunto (''jossa säädetään laki'')
3 munat (''linnun munimisen aikana'')
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm s it ting)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sitting
Engelska a.
(avledning en sit ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb sit)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ الجلوسFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
sitting //ˈsɪtɪŋ//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. сесия a legislative session 2. позиране, разполагане a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose 3. мътене incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]sezení
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ sedícíFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zasedání
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]sedící
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ BrütenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Brut [zool.] Synonym: brooding
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ SitzenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ SitzungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Note: Gericht, Parlament see: sittings
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/
sitzend
"Peter is sitting at the desk." - Peter sitzt am Schreibtisch.
see: sit, sat, you sit, Sit up!
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]amtierend
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ καθιστικός, συνεδρίαση, καθιστόςFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. बैठक, उपवेशन "Let the sitting be over and then, discuss this topic."
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. बैठक "First sitting is going on, you've to wait." "She can finish one novel in one sitting."
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ nadušak, sjedenje, sjediti, sjednica, snimanje, zasjedanjeFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ 1. fenntartott hely 2. értekezlet 3. kotlás 4. tojásokon ülés 5. ülésezés 6. nyugvó 7. szeánsz 8. ülô 9. fészekalja tojás 10. kotló 11. egy ülésnyi idô 12. ülés 13. testületi gyûlés 14. modellként ülés 15. tanács- 16. tanácskozó 17. összejövetel 18. ülôhely 19. ülésezô 20. költés 21. gyûlésFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
sitting //ˈsɪtɪŋ//From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]座 a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
sitting /sıtıŋ/ 1. posėdis 2. seansasFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
sitting /ˈsɪtɪŋ/ I.From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. tura 2. sesja, obrady II. [urzędnik, lokator] aktualny
sitting //ˈsɪtɪŋ//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. session a legislative session 2. sittning a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose 3. ruvning incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
sitting /sˈɪtɪŋ/ 1. celse, oturum 2. kuluçkalık yumurta sayısı 3. kuluçka müddeti 4. oturmaya mahsus. sitting duck (k. dili) kolay vurulan hedef. sitting room salon, oturma odası.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈsɪtɪŋ/
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "sitting":
assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, audience, ball,
bargaining, bargaining session, bigness, brawl, brooding, caucus,
colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, confab,
confabulation, conference, confrontation, congregation, congress,
consultation, conventicle, convention, convocation, council,
council fire, council of war, covering, dance, date, diet,
discussion, eisteddfod, exchange of views,
eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum,
gathering, gestation, get-together, gravidity, gravidness,
greatness, heaviness, high-level talk, housewarming, huddle,
in a huddle, in conclave, in conference, in consultation,
in council, in session, incubation, interchange of views,
interview, levee, mediumism, meet, meeting, necromancy,
negotiations, news conference, palaver, panel, parley, party,
plenum, pourparler, powwow, pregnancy, press conference, prom,
quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance, session, shindig,
sit-in, soiree, spirit, spiritism, spiritualism, summit,
summit conference, summitry, symposium, synod, the family way,
turnout
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]n. 入席,就坐,开庭; vbl. 坐下;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 入席,就坐,开庭,孵卵
a. 坐着的,就座的,在职的,在孵卵中的,易被击中的