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		|  sit 
  
 
 
 1 things to sit on
 2 sitting in a place
 3 ways of sitting
 see also STAND, LIE
 
 1  things to sit on
 - a thing used for sitting on: seat
 - a seat with a back, for one person to sit on: chair
 - a bag filled with soft material that you put on a chair, etc to make it comfortable: cushion
 ※ more on chairs CHAIR
 - a long wooden or metal seat for two or more people, often outdoors: bench
 - a long seat in a church: pew
 - a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle: saddle
 - a seat that you put on a horse so that you can ride it: saddle
 - the flat area that is formed by the upper parts of your legs when you are sitting down: lap, knee
 The child sat on his mother's lap as she read him a story. ◎ Come and sit on my knee.
 
 2  sitting in a place
 - to be in a position (usually on a chair) in which your back is upright and your weight is supported at the bottom of your back: sit*
 She was sitting on a chair, reading a book.
 - to put your body into a sitting position: sit* (down), take* a seat, (more formal) be seated
 Would you like to sit down over here? ◎ I took a seat at the front of the hall. ◎ Please be seated. The show is about to begin.
 - to move into a sitting position after you have been lying down: sit* up
 Jerry woke suddenly and sat up in bed.
 - to sit and do nothing active for a period of time: (informal) sit* about/around
 I went into the living room where everyone was sitting around watching TV.
 - a place for sb to sit: seat, place
 Don't sit there. That's Doug's place. ◎ Save me a place next to you.
 - when a seat has nobody sitting in it, it is free; when a seat has sb sitting in it, it is taken
 'Is this seat free?' 'No, I'm sorry. It's taken.'
 - to have seats for a particular number of people: seat ※¦
 This plane seats three hundred people.
 - to lead sb to their seat: show* sb to their seat
 - to put sb into a sitting position: sit* sb (down)
 Margaret sat her baby on the floor.
 ※ to stop sitting
 - to move into a standing position from your seat: get* up, stand* up, (more formal) rise*
 When the performance was over the audience rose from their seats and cheered wildly.
 
 3  ways of sitting
 - the way that a person is sitting: position
 She was sitting in a very uncomfortable position on the arm of the chair.
 - to sit with a straight back: sit upright
 - to relax (in a chair, etc) and not take an active part in what other people are doing: sit* back
 Just you sit back and relax while I make the dinner.
 - to put yourself in a comfortable position in a chair: settle back
 We settled back in our seats to watch the film.
 - to sit or stand in a lazy way; to relax: lounge
 They were lounging on the sofa watching television.
 - to sit without moving: sit still
 Sit still, will you? I can't see the screen.
 - to sit down with your feet on the ground and your bottom just above the ground: squat
 - to sit with your legs on each side of sth: sit astride sth
 to sit astride a horse
 - to sit on the floor with your legs pulled up in front of you and with one leg or foot placed over the other: sit cross-legged
 - to sit on a chair with one leg over the other: sit* with your legs crossed
 - to go down on one or both knees: kneel* (down)
 
 
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