The meaning of SIT is to rest on the buttocks or haunches —often used with down. How to use sit in a sentence.
SIT meaning: 1. to (cause someone to) be in a position in which the lower part of the body is resting on a seat…. Learn more.
Define sit. sit synonyms, sit pronunciation, sit translation, English dictionary definition of sit. v. sat , sit ting , sits v. intr. 1. To rest with the torso vertical and the body supported on the buttocks.
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(used after a word or root) to take care of (the specified thing) like a baby-sitter: to house-sit (= to live in another's house while the owners are away); to plant-sit (= to take care of another's plants while the owners are away).
Sit and its derivatives are usually more commonly used than plaas for their overlapping senses, but are sometimes considered less formal than plaas, especially in formal writing.
From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjanÄ…, from *set-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit" ). Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сидеть (sidetʹ).
When you sit, you rest your weight on your bottom instead of standing on your feet. You can sit in a chair, sit on the floor, or sit in a giant bowl of chocolate pudding if you want to.
- adv./prep. May I sit here? Don't just sit there—do something! Just sit still! He went and sat beside her. the man who had sat next to me on the plane She was sitting at her desk. She always sits in that chair. Four people sat around the table. It’s too cold to sit outside. The children were all sitting quietly and listening.