sit

A w:William Orpenpainting of a man sitting.

Meanings

To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
To move oneself into such a position.
To occupy a given position permanently.
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
To be a member of a deliberative body.
Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
To be adjusted; to fit.
To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
To accommodate in seats; to seat.
To babysit.
To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

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

From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ("sit").
Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть.

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