Synonyms: sit
Definition: serve in a specific professional capacity
Usage: the priest sat for confession; she sat on the jury
Similar words: serve
Definition: do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
Usage: He served as head of the department for three years; She served in Congress for two terms
Definition: show to a seat; assign a seat for
Usage: The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
Similar words: put, place, pose, position, set, lay
Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point
Definition: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
Usage: She never sat a horse!; Did you ever ride a camel?; The girl liked to drive the young mare
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Definition: take a seat
Similar words: change posture
Definition: undergo a change in bodily posture
Synonyms: sit
Definition: be in session
Usage: When does the court of law sit?
Synonyms: model, pose, posture, sit
Definition: assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Usage: We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
Similar words: display, exhibit, expose
Definition: to show, make visible or apparent
Usage: The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month; Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?; National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship
Definition: work or act as a baby-sitter
Usage: I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
Synonyms: sit
Definition: be located or situated somewhere
Usage: The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?
Synonyms: sit, sit around
Definition: be around, often idly or without specific purpose
Usage: The object sat in the corner; We sat around chatting for another hour
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?