sit
To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
Verb 4 meanings
To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
“After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.”
To move oneself into such a position.
“I asked him to sit.”
To occupy a given position.
“The dishes are still sitting on the table!”
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
Noun 2 meanings
An act of sitting.
Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
Etymology
From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).
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SIT at a glance
SIT has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (S 1 + I 1 + T 1) and 3 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,315 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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