| VERB | contact | sit, sit down | be seated |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | sit, sit around | be around, often idly or without specific purpose | |
| motion | sit, sit down | take a seat / seat / seat | |
| motion | sit | be in session | |
| perception | sit, model, pose, posture | assume a posture as for artistic purposes | |
| motion | sit, ride | sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | |
| stative | sit | be located or situated somewhere | |
| social | sit, baby-sit, babysit | work or act as a baby-sitter | |
| contact | sit, seat, sit down | show to a seat / seat / seat | |
| competition | sit | serve in a specific professional capacity |
| Sounds | sih't | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | |
| Meaning | Be seated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children sit in the rocking chair; There sit some children in the rocking chair | |
| Synonym | sit down | |
| Entails | sit down, sit | Take a seat / seat / seat |
| Caused by | seat, sit, sit down | show to a seat / seat / seat |
| seat | Place in or on a seat | |
| Narrower | lounge | Sit or recline comfortably |
| perch, roost, rest | Sit, as on a branch | |
| sprawl | Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out | |
| squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down | Sit on one's heels | |
| See also | sit down | take a seat / seat / seat |
| sit out | endure to the end / end | |
| Opposite | lie | Be lying, be prostrate |
| stand, stand up | Be standing | |
| Similar to | seat, sit, sit down | show to a seat / seat / seat |
| sit down, sit | Take a seat / seat / seat | |
| Spanish | estar sentado, sentarse, sentar | |
| Catalan | asseure's, asseure, seure | |
| Nouns | sitting | the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position |
| Meaning | Be around, often idly or without specific purpose. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | sit around | |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
| Spanish | asentarse, sentarse, sentar | |
| Catalan | assentar, asseure's, parar-se | |
| Meaning | Take a seat / seat / seat. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | sit down | |
| Entailed by | brood, hatch, cover, incubate | Sit on (eggs) |
| sit, sit down | Be seated | |
| Broader | change posture | Undergo a change in bodily posture |
| Opposite | arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up | Rise to one's feet |
| Similar to | sit, sit down | Be seated |
| Spanish | agazaparse, sentarse, sentar | |
| Catalan | agotnar-se, arraulir-se, assentar, asseure's, seure's, seure | |
| Meaning | Be in session. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "When does the court of law sit?" | |
| Broader | convene | meet formally |
| Nouns | sitting | a session as of a legislature or court |
| Meaning | assume a posture as for artistic purposes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | model, pose, posture | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| Narrower | ramp | Be rampant |
| Broader | expose, exhibit, display | To show, make visible or apparent |
| Spanish | posar | |
| Catalan | posar | |
| Nouns | sitter | a person who poses for a painter or sculptor |
| sitting | (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) | |
| Meaning | Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | ride | |
| Category | riding, horseback riding | Travel by being carried on horseback |
| Narrower | canter | ride at a cantering pace |
| gallop, extend | Cause to move at full gallop | |
| outride | ride better, faster, or further than | |
| override | ride (a horse) too hard | |
| prance | Cause (a horse) to bound spring forward | |
| ride herd | Driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them | |
| ride horseback | ride on horseback | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | ride | Sit on and control a vehicle |
| Spanish | montar | |
| Catalan | muntar | |
| Meaning | Be located or situated somewhere. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue" | |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
| Meaning | Work or act as a baby-sitter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "I cannot baby-sit tonight | |
| Synonyms | baby-sit, babysit | |
| Broader | guard | To keep watch over |
| Spanish | hacer de canguro | |
| Nouns | sitter | a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home |
| Meaning | show to a seat / seat / seat; assign a seat / seat / seat for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | seat, sit down | |
| Cause to | sit, sit down | Be seated |
| Narrower | reseat | show to a different seat / seat / seat |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Similar to | sit, sit down | Be seated |
| Spanish | asentarse, posarse, sentarse, sentar | |
| Catalan | asseure's, asseure, parar-se, posar, seure | |
| Meaning | Serve in a specific professional capacity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | serve | Do duty or hold offices |
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