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Meaning of seat

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  seat
      n 1: a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train
           or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat
           in someone else's place" [syn: {seat}, {place}]
      2: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
         deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
         your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates},
         {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can},
         {fundament}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister},
         {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern},
         {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom},
         {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
      3: furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not
         enough seats for all the guests"
      4: any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair
         or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat
         before sitting down"
      5: a center of authority (as a city from which authority is
         exercised)
      6: the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is
         based; "the brain is said to be the seat of reason"
      7: the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or
         similar body; "he was elected to a seat in the Senate"
      8: a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
      9: the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants
         was worn through"
      v 1: show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next
           to Mrs. Smith" [syn: {seat}, {sit}, {sit down}]
      2: be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000"
      3: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;
         "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
         [syn: {induct}, {invest}, {seat}]
      4: put a seat on a chair
      5: provide with seats; "seat a concert hall"
      6: place or attach firmly in or on a base; "seat the camera on
         the tripod"
      7: place in or on a seat; "the mother seated the toddler on the
         high chair"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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