Sit

verb sits · sitting · sat · sate

1. copulative, intransitive To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks. After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
2. intransitive To move oneself into such a position. I asked him to sit.
3. intransitive To occupy a given position. The dishes are still sitting on the table!
4. copulative, intransitive To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition. And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
5. To be a member of a deliberative body. I currently sit on a standards committee.
6. Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session. In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session?
7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh. The calamity sits heavy on us.
8. To be adjusted; to fit. Your new coat sits well.
9. intransitive To be accepted or acceptable; to work. How will this new contract sit with the workers?
10. causative, transitive To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to. Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
11. transitive To accommodate in seats; to seat. The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
12. US, abbreviation, ambitransitive, ellipsis Ellipsis of babysit.babysit I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
13. Australia, New Zealand, UK, transitive To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
14. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate. The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
15. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust. I'm sitting for a painter this evening.
16. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction. like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits
17. obsolete, transitive To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with. Louisa, who […] had but ill born the commencement of this conversation, could sit it no longer, and hastily throwing up the sash, complained of the intense heat of the room.

Similar: be found, be situate

noun sits

1. An act of sitting.
2. Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
3. rare An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

noun sits

1. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of situation.situation The increasing scope of the disaster was relayed in short, terse sentences whose brevity does not conceal the unfolding nightmare. […] In mid-afternoon at 1600: “Sit is getting worse; need help badly,” “have considerable number of wounded that are unable to evacuate.”

proper noun Sits

1. A surname.

noun SITs

1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of special information tone.special information tone
2. India, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Special Investigation Team.Special Investigation Team
3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of spontaneous ignition temperature.spontaneous ignition temperature
4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of sterile insect technique