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Meaning of sit

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

  sit
      v 1: be seated [syn: {sit}, {sit down}] [ant: {lie}, {stand},
           {stand up}]
      2: be around, often idly or without specific purpose; "The
         object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for
         another hour" [syn: {sit}, {sit around}]
      3: take a seat [syn: {sit down}, {sit}] [ant: {arise}, {get up},
         {rise}, {stand up}, {uprise}]
      4: be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"
      5: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the
         woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: {model}, {pose},
         {sit}, {posture}]
      6: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while
         controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you
         ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"
         [syn: {ride}, {sit}]
      7: be located or situated somewhere; "The White House sits on
         Pennsylvania Avenue"
      8: work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I
         have too much homework to do" [syn: {baby-sit}, {sit}]
      9: show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next
         to Mrs. Smith" [syn: {seat}, {sit}, {sit down}]
      10: serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat
          for confession"; "she sat on the jury"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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