Definition of Sit

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Definition of Sit

Sit

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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.

To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.

To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.

To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally.

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.

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.

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.

To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.

To suit (well / ill); to become.

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Sit Quotations

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Albert Einstein

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.
Barack Obama

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.
Ronald Reagan

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Kahlil Gibran

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
Theodore Roosevelt

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.
Theodore Roosevelt

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.
Ayn Rand

I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.
Andy Warhol

Sit Translations

sit in Afrikaans is broei, sit
sit in Danish is sidde
sit in Dutch is koesteren, broeden, broeden op
sit in Finnish is istua
sit in French is couver, asseyons, asseyois, asseyez, asseyent
sit in German is setze, sitzen, sitzen
sit in Italian is star seduto
sit in Norwegian is sitte
sit in Portuguese is sente-se
sit in Swedish is sitta

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