Definitions for seat

Definitions for (noun) seat

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


Main entry: seat, place

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)


Definitions for (verb) seat

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


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