Analysis Complete

sit

/ sit /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
be seated
Opposites:
stand stand up lie
Kinds of:
lounge sprawl perch roost rest
Derived:
sitting
Verb group:
sit down seat
Entails:
sit down
See also:
sit out sit down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
be in session
"When does the court of law sit?"
Type of:
convene
Derived:
sitting
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
sit around, often unused
"The object sat in the corner"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 4
show to a seat; assign a seat for
"The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"
Type of:
put set place
Kinds of:
reseat
Derived:
seat place seating
Verb group:
sit down
Causes:
sit down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb Sense 5
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"
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
override ride herd outride ride horseback prance
Derived:
drive ride rider riding horseback riding
Verb group:
ride
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
riding horseback riding
verb Sense 6
take a seat
Opposites:
arise rise uprise get up stand up
Type of:
change posture
Verb group:
sit down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
work or act as a baby-sitter
"I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"
Type of:
guard
Derived:
babysitter baby-sitter sitter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
"We don''t know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
Type of:
expose exhibit display
Kinds of:
ramp
Derived:
position posture attitude artist's model sitter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
art artistic creation artistic production
Semantic Complexity
78%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
60
Times Searched
4
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Related Words

lounge sprawl perch roost rest stand stand up lie convene be put set