| sit | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. sit, sit down | be seated. |
| ~ lounge | sit or recline comfortably.; "He was lounging on the sofa" |
| ~ sprawl | sit or lie with one's limbs spread out. |
| ~ perch, roost, rest | sit, as on a branch.; "The birds perched high in the tree" |
| ~ seat, sit down, sit | show to a seat; assign a seat for.; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" |
| ~ hunker, hunker down, scrunch up, squat, crouch, scrunch | sit on one's heels.; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" |
| ~ sit down, sit | take a seat. |
| ~ sit down, sit | take a seat. |
| v. (stative) | 2. sit, sit around | be around, often idly or without specific purpose.; "The object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for another hour" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (motion) | 3. sit, sit down | take a seat. |
| ~ sit, sit down | be seated. |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| v. (motion) | 4. sit | be in session.; "When does the court of law sit?" |
| ~ convene | meet formally.; "The council convened last week" |
| v. (perception) | 5. model, pose, posture, sit | assume a posture as for artistic purposes.; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ display, exhibit, expose | to show, make visible or apparent.; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" |
| ~ ramp | be rampant.; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" |
| v. (motion) | 6. 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" |
| ~ horseback riding, riding | travel by being carried on horseback. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ override | ride (a horse) too hard. |
| ~ ride herd | driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them.; "Joe was riding herd during the day" |
| ~ outride | ride better, faster, or further than.; "The champion bicyclist outrode all his competitors" |
| ~ ride horseback | ride on horseback. |
| ~ prance | cause (a horse) to bound spring forward. |
| ~ canter | ride at a cantering pace.; "He cantered the horse across the meadow" |
| ~ gallop, extend | cause to move at full gallop.; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" |
| ~ ride | sit on and control a vehicle.; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" |
| v. (stative) | 7. sit | be located or situated somewhere.; "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (social) | 8. baby-sit, sit | work or act as a baby-sitter.; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" |
| ~ guard | to keep watch over.; "there would be men guarding the horses" |
| v. (contact) | 9. seat, sit, sit down | show to a seat; assign a seat for.; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ sit, sit down | be seated. |
| ~ sit, sit down | be seated. |
| ~ reseat | show to a different seat.; "The usher insisted on reseating us" |
| v. (competition) | 10. sit | serve in a specific professional capacity.; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury" |
| ~ serve | do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function.; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms" |
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