sit
1. be seated (Freq. 134)
• Syn:
sit down
• Ant:
stand, lie
• See Also:
sit out, sit down
• Derivationally related forms:
sitting
• Hyponyms:
lounge, sprawl, perch, roost, rest,
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
• Verb Group:
sit down, seat
• Entailment:
sit down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children sit in the rocking chair
- There sit some children in the rocking chair
2. be around, often idly or without specific purpose (Freq. 33)
- The object sat in the corner
- We sat around chatting for another hour
• Syn:
sit around
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
3. take a seat (Freq. 10)
• Syn:
sit down
• Ant:
arise (for: sit down)
• Hypernyms:
change posture
• Verb Group:
sit down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. be in session (Freq. 6)
- When does the court of law sit?
• Derivationally related forms:
sitting
• Hypernyms:
convene
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
5. sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions (Freq. 1)
- She never sat a horse!
- Did you ever ride a camel?
- The girl liked to drive the young mare
• Syn:
ride
• Derivationally related forms:
ride (for: ride), rider (for: ride), riding (for: ride)
• Topics:
riding, horseback riding
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
override, ride herd, outride, ride horseback, prance,
canter, gallop, extend
• Verb Group:
ride
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
6. assume a posture as for artistic purposes (Freq. 1)
- We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
• Syn:
model, pose, posture
• Derivationally related forms:
posture (for: posture), sitter, sitting, pose (for: pose), poser (for: pose), posing (for: pose), model (for: model)
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
• Hypernyms:
expose, exhibit, display
• Hyponyms:
ramp
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
7. be located or situated somewhere
- The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
8. work or act as a baby-sitter
- I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
• Syn:
baby-sit
• Derivationally related forms:
sitter, babysitter (for: baby-sit), baby-sitter (for: baby-sit)
• Hypernyms:
guard
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
9. show to a seat;
assign a seat for
- The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
• Syn:
seat, sit down
• Derivationally related forms:
seat (for: seat), seating (for: seat)
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Hyponyms:
reseat
• Verb Group:
sit down
• Cause:
sit down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
10. serve in a specific professional capacity
- the priest sat for confession
- she sat on the jury
• Hypernyms:
serve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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