sit_down (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > *sit down*: 3 senses > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Take a seat / seat / seat.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonym	sit
Entailed by	brood, hatch, cover, incubate	Sit on (eggs)
Entailed by	sit, sit down	Be seated
Broader	change posture	Undergo a change in bodily posture
See also	sit	be seated
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

English > *sit down*: 3 senses > verb 2, contact
Meaning	show to a seat / seat / seat; assign a seat / seat / seat for.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP
Synonyms	seat, sit
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

English > *sit down*: 3 senses > verb 3, contact
Meaning	Be seated.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Synonym	sit
Entails	sit down, sit	Take a seat / seat / seat
Caused by	seat, sit, sit down	show to a seat / seat / seat
Caused by	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
Opposite	lie	Be lying, be prostrate
Opposite	stand, stand up	Be standing
Similar to	seat, sit, sit down	show to a seat / seat / seat
Similar to	sit down, sit	Take a seat / seat / seat
Spanish	estar sentado, sentarse, sentar
Catalan	asseure's, asseure, seure

HyperDic: sit_down