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sit
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[ verb ] be seated
Synonyms Used in print (The Miami Herald...)So the Christian_Youth_Crusade against Communisn developed and more_than 300 top teenagers and 65 adult advisers from Presbyterian_churches of the area sat enthralled at the four-hour program . ("National Affairs"...)Sitting quietly on an equally big pork_barrel was another Judge_Smith ally , Georgia 's Carl_Vinson , chairman of the Armed_Services Committee . (Alfred Wright, "A Duel Golfers Will Never Forget"...)Palmer was now putting merely for a tie , and Player , who was sitting beside his wife and watching it all on television in Tournament_Chairman_Clifford_Roberts ' clubhouse apartment , stared in amazement when Palmer missed the putt . ("Sports"...)I came_back , sitting by my locker , feeling real low , and the kid walks over to me , looks up , and says : (The Atlanta Constitution...)`` The county , though , seems more interested in those people who do n't even try , those who sit and draw welfare checks and line_up for surplus food '' . |
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[ verb ] sit around, often unused
Examples "The object sat in the corner" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)There the objective sat , brooding over all . From the east to the west coast of the Korean_peninsula was a strip of land in which fear filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night , sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound , or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)A Newfoundland sat solemnly beside a doghouse half his size . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Rather_than sit around waiting for the suitcases to be delivered , they had gone sight-seeing . (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)Still she was not sorry he sat by her , but in_fact was flattered . Related terms |
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[ verb ] take a seat
Synonyms Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Within a week after the injury , suffered in St._Louis 's victory in the final game of the Kentucky tournament , Nordmann was sitting on the Bill 's bench doing what he could to help Benington . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty 's father sat sprawled in his chair , angular , alert as a cricket , looking about at the huge stainless-steel appointments of the room with an expression of proprietorship . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)It was next day that Sojourner came and sat beside him and took his hand . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)The light supper over , Claire went to him and , slipping an arm about his shoulder , sat on his knee . (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)There were not many chairs , so that some preferred to sit on the edge of the porch , resting their feet on the ground , and_others liked to sit where they could lean_back against the wall . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be in session, as of courts of law, for example
Used in print (The Providence Journal...)Since the hero , a sterling and upright fellow , is a rich Brown senior , while two Yalies are cast as virtual rapists , I suppose I should disqualify myself from sitting in judgment on `` Where_the_Boys_are '' , but I shall do nothing of the sort . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Ordinary politeness may have militated against this opinion being stated so badly but anyone with a wide acquaintance in both groups and who has sat through the many round_tables , workshops or panel_discussions - whatever they are called - on this subject will recognize that the final , boiled_down crux_of_the_matter is education . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)The judge became ill just as the Colfax_District_Court convened , no substitute was brought_in , no criminal cases heard , only 5 out of 122 cases docketed were tried , and court adjourned sine_die after sitting a_few days instead_of the usual three weeks . |
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[ verb ] assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Examples "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Here he sketched , sitting in their flowing gowns of linen and silk , young_girls not_yet twenty , some about to be married , some married a year or two . |
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[ verb ] (transportation) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
Synonyms Examples "She never sat a horse!" "Did you ever ride a camel?" "The girl liked to drive the young mare" Used in print (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)Why did these yokels still wear boots , anyway , when most had scarcely sat a horse in years ? |
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[ verb ] (work) work or act as a baby-sitter
Synonyms Examples "I cannot baby-sit tonight I have too much homework to do" Related terms |
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