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What (who) is sit - definition

HUMAN RESTING POSITION; BODY WEIGHT IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY BY THE BUTTOCKS IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND OR A HORIZONTAL OBJECT SUCH AS A CHAIR
Sit; Criss cross applesauce; List of sitting styles; Criss-cross applesauce; Standard sitting position; Cross-legged sitting; Cross-legged; Cross legged; Tailor's position; Tailors position; Indian style; Pretzel-style; Pretzel style; Sitting disease; Health risks of sitting
  • A woman sitting on a chair
  • A man sitting on the ground, on a road in Nepal
  • An [[India]]n [[Buddha]], seated with legs crossed
  • Women reclining in chairs. Painting by [[Jean-François de Troy]].
  • ''[[The Thinker]]'' by [[Auguste Rodin]]
  • [[Back]] of a sitting nude by school of [[Rembrandt]]
  • The [[Japanese tea ceremony]] is performed sitting in [[seiza]].

sit         
v.
1) to sit quietly, still
2) (d; intr.) ('to pose') to sit for (to sit for a portrait)
3) (d; intr.) to sit on ('to be a member of') (to sit on a committee)
4) (d; intr.) to sit through (we had to sit through the whole boring speech)
5) (misc.) to sit tight ('to refrain from taking action'); to sit for an examination/to sit an examination (BE) ('to take an examination'); to sit on the bench ('to be a judge'); to be sitting pretty ('to be well off')
sit         
(sits, sitting, sat)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you are sitting somewhere, for example in a chair, your bottom is resting on the chair and the upper part of your body is upright.
Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen...
They sat there in shock and disbelief...
They had been sitting watching television...
He was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv, V, V adj, also V
2.
When you sit somewhere, you lower your body until you are sitting on something.
He set the cases against a wall and sat on them...
When you stand, they stand; when you sit, they sit.
VERB: V prep/adv, V
•
Sit down means the same as sit
.
I sat down, stunned...
Hughes beckoned him to sit down on the sofa.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P prep/adv
3.
If you sit someone somewhere, you tell them to sit there or put them in a sitting position.
He used to sit me on his lap...
VERB: V n prep/adv
•
To sit someone down somewhere means to sit
them there.
She helped him out of the water and sat him down on the rock...
They sat me down and had a serious discussion about sex.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P prep/adv, V n P
4.
If you sit an examination, you do it. (BRIT; in AM, use take
)
June and July are the traditional months for sitting exams.
= take
VERB: V n
5.
If you sit on a committee or other official group, you are a member of it.
He was asked to sit on numerous committees...
VERB: no cont, V on/in n
6.
When a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body sits, it officially carries out its work. (FORMAL)
Parliament sits for only 28 weeks out of 52...
VERB: V
7.
If a building or object sits in a particular place, it is in that place. (WRITTEN)
Our new house sat next to a stream...
On the table sat a box decorated with little pearl triangles.
= stand
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
8.
see also sitting
9.
If you sit tight, you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen.
Sit tight. I'll be right back...
to sit on the fence: see fence
PHRASE: V inflects
SIT         
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Wikipedia

Sitting

Sitting is a basic action and resting position in which the body weight is supported primarily by the bony ischial tuberosities with the buttocks in contact with the ground or a horizontal surface such as a chair seat, instead of by the lower limbs as in standing, squatting or kneeling. When sitting, the torso is more or less upright, although sometimes it can lean against other objects for a more relaxed posture.

Sitting for much of the day may pose significant health risks, with one study suggesting people who sit regularly for prolonged periods may have higher mortality rates than those who do not. The average person sits down for 4.7 hours per day, according to a global review representing 47% of the global adult population.

The form of kneeling where the buttocks sit back on the heels, for example as in the Seiza and Vajrasana postures, is also often interpreted as sitting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting
Examples of use of sit
1. "Those who want to sit, then sit," Abdel–Rahman said.
2. After all, it is only when the public sit up, and sit in, that the government will be forced to sit up and take notice too.
3. The hijackers yelled "sit, sit, sit down, sit down" and "In the name of Allah, the most merciful, the most compassionate." Unidentified crew members shouted "No, no, no, no" and "Please, please, please don‘t hurt me.
4. "Make him sit down, make him sit down," Ureybi ordered the bailiffs.
5. "They let me sit and sit at home in bed for four years.
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