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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>SIT</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="sit"> sit, verb, sat or (Archaic) sate, sat or (Obsolete) sitten, sitting, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1a. to rest on the lower part of the body, with the weight off the feet. Ex. She sat in a chair. <DD> b. to do this in a certain way. Ex. to sit cross-legged, to sit close to a fire. <DD> 2. to be placed; be; have place or position. Ex. The clock has sat on that shelf for years. We came upon a little village sitting in the hills. <DD> 3. to have a seat in an assembly; be a member of a council. Ex. to sit in Congress. <DD> 4. to hold a session. Ex. The court sits next month. <DD> 5. to place oneself in a position for having one's picture made; pose. Ex. to sit for a portrait. <DD> 6. to be in a state of rest; remain inactive. Ex. He did not join in the game; he just sat on the sidelines. Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? (Numbers 32:6). <DD> 7. (Figurative.) to press or weigh. Ex. Care sat heavily on his brow. <DD> 8. to perch; roost. Ex. The birds were sitting on the fence rail. <DD> 9. to cover eggs so that they will hatch; brood. Ex. The hen will sit until the eggs are ready to hatch. <DD> 10. =baby-sit. Ex. My sister sits for the woman next door when she goes shopping. <DD> 11. =fit. Ex. Her coat sits well. <DD>v.t. 1. to cause to sit; seat. Ex. The woman sat the little boy in his chair. <DD> 2. to seat (oneself). Ex. He boldly sat himself down at my fireside. <DD> 3. to sit on. Ex. He sat his horse well. <DD> 4. (British.) to take (an examination). <DD>noun 1. the way in which an article of clothing fits. <DD> 2. the act of stopping at a place for a short while; sojourn; stay. Ex. The day before it was a trip round the island and a sit in the arboretum (Punch). expr. sit down, to take a seat; put oneself in a sitting position. Ex. We sat down by the roadside to have our picnic. expr. sit in, <DD> a. to be present as a spectator or observer. Ex. He was invited to sit in at the lecture. <DD> b. to take part (as in a game or conference). Ex. to sit in with a musical group, sit in at a game. <DD> c. (U.S.) to take part in a sit-in. Ex. ... Negro pupils sitting in at the nearly all-white school (New York Times). expr. sit in on, to be present at, as a spectator or observer. Ex. The Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees now have a legal right to sit in on the budget-making process (New York Times). expr. sit on (or upon), <DD> a. to sit in judgment or council on; deliberate on. Ex. A committee of ... friends ... sat upon our affairs (Harper's). <DD> b. to have a seat on (a jury, committee, commission, or council). Ex. He sat on the State Hospital Commission. <DD> c. (Informal.) to check, rebuke, or snub. Ex. My lady felt rebuked, and, as she afterward expressed it, sat upon (Lynn Linton). expr. sit out, <DD> a. to remain seated during (a dance). Ex. She refused him a dance only once when she wanted to sit it out with her girl friend. <DD> b. to stay through (a performance or other event). Ex. This is the only meeting which I have sat out. <DD> c. to stay later than (another). Ex. I thought I would sit the other visitors out (W. E. Norris). <DD> d. (Informal, Figurative.) to do nothing about; stay out of. Ex. He's prudently sitting out the scandal (Maclean's). expr. sit through, to remain seated during; be present or in attendance at. Ex. to sit through a dull concert, to sit through a lecture. expr. sit tight, (Informal.) <DD> a. to keep the same position or opinion. Ex. When a company's business is down, it's far more inclined to sit tight and take a strike than when things are booming (Wall Street Journal). <DD> b. to let matters take their own course; refrain from action. Ex. Be calm and sit tight and everything will turn out well. expr. sit under, to attend the preaching, lecturing, or speaking, of; listen to as a customary hearer. Ex. Members of Parliament, even Cabinet Ministers, sit under him [a clergyman] (Thackeray). expr. sit up, <DD> a. to raise the body to a sitting position. Ex. Stop slumping and sit up on your chair. <DD> b. to keep such a position. Ex. The sick man sat up at last. <DD> c. to stay up instead of going to bed. Ex. They sat up talking far into the night. <DD> d. (Informal, Figurative.) to start up in surprise. Ex. He sat up and took notice in a hurry. </DL> <A NAME="sita"> Sita, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Hindu Mythology.) the wife of Rama, and heroine of the Ramayana. </DL> <A NAME="sitar"> sitar, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a musical instrument of India, having a long, fretted neck and body usually made from a gourd. It has 6 or 7 strings that are played with a plectrum and a larger number of strings, beneath the others, that vibrate sympathetically. </DL> <A NAME="sitarist"> sitarist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a player of the sitar. </DL> <A NAME="sitatunga"> sitatunga, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antelope of central and eastern Africa which inhabits swampy, forested regions. </DL> <A NAME="sitchcom"> sitchcom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a situation comedy. </DL> <A NAME="sitcom"> sitcom, noun. =sitchcom.</DL> <A NAME="sitdown"> sit-down (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> served to persons seated at a table. Ex. a sit-down lunch. </DL> <A NAME="sitdownstrike"> sit-down strike, or sit-down (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a strike in which the workers stay in the factory, store, or offices, without working until their demands are met or an agreement is reached. Ex. Three thousand workers staged a sit-down strike ... at the Bremen Goliath Automobile works (New York Times). <DD> 2. a demonstration in which participants sit down in a public place and refuse to move as a form of protest against discrimination, the use of nuclear weapons, or other social or personal injustices. Ex. He was ready to call a sit-down strike in Congress against funds for the Congo (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="site"> site, noun, verb, sited, siting.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the position or place (of a building, town, or the like). Ex. The big house on the hill has one of the best sites in town. (SYN) location. <DD> 2. the ground or area upon which something has been, is being, may be, or will be built, done, or made to happen. Ex. the site of a pioneer settlement, of a steel mill, or of a battle. A new school is to be built on the site of the old town hall. The chapel ... stands on the site of the ancient church burnt not long ago (William Dean Howells). <DD>v.t. to place in a site; locate; situate. Ex. There is also much to be said for siting industry so that the minimum fetching and carrying is required (Sunday Times). </DL> <A NAME="sitfast"> sitfast, noun. =saddle gall.</DL> <A NAME="sith"> sith, preposition, conjunction, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) since. </DL> <A NAME="sithen"> sithen, preposition, conjunction, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) sith; since. </DL> <A NAME="sitin"> sit-in, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of protest in which a group of people enter and remain seated for a long period of time in a public place. Sit-ins are organized to protest racial discrimination, government policies, etc. </DL> <A NAME="sitkaspruce"> Sitka spruce,<DL COMPACT><DD> a tall spruce tree of the Pacific Coast region from Alaska to California, valued for its lumber. Ex. The arches are made from thinnings of Sitka spruce (New Science). </DL> <A NAME="sitology"> sitology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science of food or diet; dietetics. </DL> <A NAME="sitomania"> sitomania, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an abnormal craving for food. </DL> <A NAME="sitophobia"> sitophobia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an abnormal dislike for food. </DL> <A NAME="sitosterol"> sitosterol, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several crystalline alcohols or sterols, similar to cholesterol, present in wheat, corn, bran, Calabar beans, and other plants. </DL> <A NAME="sitotoxin"> sitotoxin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a toxin or poison generated by a microorganism in vegetable food. </DL> <A NAME="sitout"> sit-out, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a defensive maneuver in wrestling in which the wrestler on the bottom goes into a sitting position to escape a hold or assume the offensive. </DL> <A NAME="sitrep"> sitrep, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a report on military activities and operations. </DL> <A NAME="sitspin"> sit spin,<DL COMPACT><DD> (in figure skating) a spin on one leg with a gradual sinking into a sitting position in which the other leg is extended. </DL> <A NAME="sitter"> sitter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who sits. Ex. The number of sitters in the pine pews of the chapels and the oak pews of the churches falls ever lower (J. E. R. Scott). <DD> 2. =baby sitter. <DD> 3. a bird sitting on its eggs, especially a hen. <DD> 4. anything easy or certain of performance. Ex. In the last chukka, Hanut missed three shots running that normally would have been sitters for him (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="sitterin"> sitter-in, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who sits in or participates. <DD> 2. (British.) a baby sitter. </DL> <A HREF="sitting.dic">NEXT</A>