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Adjective sitting has 2 senses
- seated, sitting - (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"
- sitting - not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"
Antonym: moving (indirect, via nonmoving)
Noun sitting has 4 senses
- sitting, posing - (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"
--1 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
- sitting - the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"
--2 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
- seance, sitting, session - a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
--3 is a kind of meeting, get together
--3 has parts:
- sitting - a session as of a legislature or court
--4 is a kind of session
Verb sit has 8 senses
- sit, sit down - be seated
Antonyms: stand, stand up, lie
Sample sentences:
The children sit in the rocking chair
There sit some children in the rocking chair
- sit - sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- sit down, sit - take a seat
--3 is one way to change posture
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- sit - be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"
--4 is one way to convene
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- model, pose, sit, posture - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
--5 is one way to expose, exhibit, display
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- ride, sit - 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"
--6 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- baby-sit, sit - work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"
--7 is one way to guard
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
- seat, sit, sit down - show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"
--8 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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