Sit

sit, v.i. to rest on the haunches: to perch, as birds: to rest: to remain, abide: to brood: to occupy a seat, esp. officially: to be officially engaged: to blow from a certain direction, as the wind: to be worn, to fit, to be becoming: to take an attitude of readine , or for any special purpose: to hold a deliberative se ion.— v.t. to keep a seat, or good seat, upon: to seat, place on a seat:— pr.p. sit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. sat.— n. a subsidence of the roof of a coal-mine: ( slang ) a situation.— adj. Sit′-fast , fixed, stationary.— n. a callosity of the skin under the saddle, often leading to ulcer.— ns. Sit′ter ; Sit′ting , state of resting on a seat: a seat, a special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, .; also the right to hold such: the part of the year in which judicial busine is transacted: the act or time of resting in a posture for a painter to take a likene : an official meeting to transact busine : uninterrupted application to anything for a time: the time during which one continues at anything: a resting on eggs for hatching, the number hatched at one time; Sit′ting-room , the parlour or most commonly used room in many houses.— Sit down , to take a seat: to pause, rest: to begin a siege; Sit loose , or loosely , to be carele or indifferent; Sit on , or upon , to hold an official inquiry regarding: ( slang ) to repre , check; Sit out , to sit, or to sit apart, during: to await the close of; Sit under , to be in the habit of hearing the preaching of; Sit up , to raise the body from a recumbent to a sitting position: to keep watch during the night ( with ). [A.S. sittan ; Ger. sitzen , L. sedēre .]