sit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   be in session

   When does the court of law sit?

2. 2
   verb

   work or act as a baby-sitter

   I cannot baby-sit tonight

3. 3
   verb

   be located or situated somewhere

   The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue

4. 4
   verb

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   To move oneself into such a position.

   I asked him to sit.

6. 6
   verb

   To occupy a given position.

   The dishes are still sitting on the table!

7. 7
   verb

   To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

   And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

8. 8
   verb

   To be a member of a deliberative body.

   I currently sit on a standards committee.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti Proto-Germanic *sitjaną Proto-West Germanic *sittjan Old English sittan Middle English sitten English sit From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).