sit | (verb) serve in a specific professional capacity | - |
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(verb) be in a position in which one's upper body is largely upright and supported by one's backside | Synonyms: sit down |
(verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for | Synonyms: seat, sit down |
(verb) take a seat | Synonyms: sit down |
(verb) be in session | - |
(verb) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | Synonyms: ride |
(verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: model, pose, posture |
(verb) work or act as a baby-sitter | Synonyms: baby-sit, babysit |
(verb) be around, often idly or without specific purpose | Synonyms: sit around |
(verb) be located or situated somewhere | - |
sitar | (noun) a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings | - |
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sitcom | (noun) a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life | Synonyms: situation comedy |
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(noun) a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life | Synonyms: situation comedy |
site | (noun) a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web | Synonyms: internet site, web site, website |
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(noun) the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) | Synonyms: land site |
(noun) physical position in relation to the surroundings | Synonyms: situation |
(verb) assign a location to | Synonyms: locate, place |
sitter | (noun) a domestic hen ready to brood | Synonyms: brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen |
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(noun) a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home | Synonyms: baby-sitter, babysitter |
(noun) an organism (person or animal) that sits | - |
(noun) a person who poses for a painter or sculptor | Synonyms: artist's model |
sitting | (adjective) (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks | Synonyms: seated |
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(adjective) not moving and therefore easy to attack | - |
(noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position | - |
(noun) (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) | Synonyms: posing |
(noun) a session as of a legislature or court | - |
(noun) a meeting of spiritualists | Synonyms: seance, session |
situate | (verb) put (something somewhere) firmly | Synonyms: deposit, fix, posit |
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(verb) determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey | Synonyms: locate |
situated | (adjective) situated in a particular spot or position | Synonyms: located, placed, set |
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situation | (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, office, place, position, post |
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(noun) physical position in relation to the surroundings | Synonyms: site |
(noun) the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time | Synonyms: state of affairs |
(noun) a condition or position in which you find yourself | Synonyms: position |
(noun) a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | - |