Main entry: seat
Definition: any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
Usage: he dusted off the seat before sitting down
Main entry: seat
Definition: furniture that is designed for sitting on
Usage: there were not enough seats for all the guests
Main entry: seat
Definition: the cloth covering for the buttocks
Usage: the seat of his pants was worn through
Main entry: seat
Definition: a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
Main entry: seat
Definition: the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
Usage: he was elected to a seat in the Senate
Main entry: keister, seat, rump, rear, rear end, posterior, prat, fanny, fundament, ass, behind, arse, backside, hind end, hindquarters, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, bottom, derriere, tooshie, stern, tail, tail end, tush, nates
Definition: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Usage: he deserves a good kick in the butt; are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Main entry: seat
Definition: the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
Usage: the brain is said to be the seat of reason
Definition: a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
Usage: he booked their seats in advance; he sat in someone else's place
Main entry: seat
Definition: a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
Main entry: seat, sit, sit down
Definition: show to a seat; assign a seat for
Usage: The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
Main entry: seat
Definition: place in or on a seat
Usage: the mother seated the toddler on the high chair
Main entry: seat
Definition: place or attach firmly in or on a base
Usage: seat the camera on the tripod
Main entry: seat
Definition: provide with seats
Usage: seat a concert hall
Main entry: seat
Definition: put a seat on a chair
Main entry: induct, invest, seat
Definition: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
Usage: there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
Main entry: seat
Definition: be able to seat
Usage: The theater seats 2,000