v
(transitive, obsolete) To sit upon.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To dominate.
v
To put someone in the branks.
v
(transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
adj
(informal) Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.
v
(idiomatic) A polite directive to sit down
n
A place in which impounded things are stored.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge.
n
(figuratively) Someone or something that is very useful or helpful.
n
Acknowledged position or status.
v
(transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position.
v
(informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.
adj
Pertaining to a siege.
v
(transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
v
(chiefly imperative) To sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.
v
Alternative form of take a pew [(UK, idiomatic) To take a seat; to sit down.]
v
To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To rest; to lie down.
n
A traditional formal way of sitting in Japan, by kneeling with the legs folded underneath the thighs and the buttocks resting on the heels, with ankles turned outward.
n
(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
n
Warfare in which the defender is trapped in a position (such as a fort or castle) while the attacker bombards and/or barricades them from outside.
v
(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
v
(transitive or reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
v
To serve as a model for an artist or as the subject of a piece of art.
v
(idiomatic) To attend a class, educational presentation, meeting, etc. for one time, as a visitor.
adj
Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.
adj
Designed to be sat in.
adj
(rare) That is related to sitting and lying.
adj
Designed to be sat on.
n
Alternative form of sit upon [(Britain, colloquial) buttocks, bottom]
n
Alternative spelling of sit-down [An act of sitting down, especially with other people in some form of social exchange.]
adj
Tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to be seated or sitting; sedentary; stationary.
adj
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Seated.
v
(intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
n
(Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
n
(UK, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.
n
A person who prefers to stay at home rather than socialize.
v
Stay overnight in a place away from one's home, sleep over.
n
(archaic) A place; station.
v
To sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair).
v
(UK, idiomatic) To take a seat; to sit down.
v
To sit down; to become seated, to sit.
v
(obsolete) To sit in a particular location, take one's place.
v
(intransitive, archaic) To arrive in and occupy a position (somewhere), often a military one; to establish or station oneself in a (defensive or offensive) position.
v
(figuratively) To chair; to preside over as chairperson.
v
(intransitive, rare) To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere).
n
(countable) A fortification.
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