sit

IPA: sˈɪt

An act of sitting.
(mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
(rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
A surname.
(informal) Short for situation. [The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.]
(telecommunications) Initialism of special information tone.
(India) Initialism of Special Investigation Team.

(intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
(intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
(intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
(intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
(law, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
To be adjusted; to fit.
(intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
(transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
(transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
(US, transitive, intransitive) To babysit.
(transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
(obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

Examples of "sit" in Sentences

I am sitting on a chair.
How long is the sitting anyways
The sitting was for three months.
A smaller seahorse sits at the top.
Handmade rowboats sit in the water.
What is the significance of the sitting
An anchorite is sitting aside of a brook.
A man should be sitting in the chair and smile of unspeakable happiness.
In a sudden squeak of the chair, I found the person who was sitting in it.
They would sit hunched over their gaming tables, making horrible snorting sounds through their quivering nostrils.