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Noun seat has 6 senses
- seat, place - a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"
--1 is a kind of space
--1 has particulars: perch
- buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
--2 is a kind of body part
--2 is a part of torso, trunk, body
- seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
--3 is a kind of furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
--3 is a member of seating, seats, seating room, seating area
--3 has part: seat; upholstery
--3 has particulars:
- seat - any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"
--4 is a kind of support
--4 is a part of seat
--4 has particulars:
- seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
--5 is a kind of center, centre, middle, heart, eye
--5 has particulars:
- seat - the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through"
--6 is a kind of cloth covering
--6 is a part of trousers, pants; skirt
Verb seat has 5 senses
- seat, sit, sit down - show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"
--1 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- seat - be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000"
--2 is one way to accommodate, hold, admit
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- induct, invest, seat - place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
--3 is one way to install
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- seat - put a seat on a chair
--4 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- seat - provide with seats; "seat a concert hall"
--5 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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