Seat
[siːt] or [sit]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) furniture that is designed for sitting on; 'there were not enough seats for all the guests'.
(noun.) the cloth covering for the buttocks; 'the seat of his pants was worn through'.
(noun.) a part of a machine that supports or guides another part.
(noun.) the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body; 'he was elected to a seat in the Senate'.
(noun.) the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based; 'the brain is said to be the seat of reason'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised).
(verb.) show to a seat; assign a seat for; 'The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith'.
(verb.) place in or on a seat; 'the mother seated the toddler on the high chair'.
(verb.) place or attach firmly in or on a base; 'seat the camera on the tripod'.
(verb.) provide with seats; 'seat a concert hall'.
(verb.) put a seat on a chair.
(verb.) be able to seat; 'The theater seats 2,000'.
Inputed by Bernard--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
(n.) The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
(n.) That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.
(n.) A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.
(n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
(n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
(v. t.) To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
(v. t.) To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
(v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
(v. t.) To fix; to set firm.
(v. t.) To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
(v. t.) To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
(v. i.) To rest; to lie down.
Edited by Bryan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Place, station, site, situation.[2]. Abode, dwelling, residence, mansion.[3]. Bottom, fundament.
v. a. Place, station, locate, establish, fix, set, settle, dispose.
Edited by Ben
Definition
n. that on which one sits: a chair bench &c.: the place or room where one sits as in church at a theatre &c.: site: a place where anything is settled or established: post of authority: station: abode: a mansion: that part of the body or of a garment on which one sits: posture or situation on horseback: a right to sit: membership: sitting-room: a sitting: a sitting of eggs.—v.t. to place on a seat: to cause to sit down: to place in any situation site &c.: to establish: to fix: to assign a seat to: to furnish with seats: to fit accurately: to repair by making a seat new.—v.i. to lie down.—ns. Seat′-back a loose ornamental covering for the back of a sofa or chair; Seat′-earth in coal-mining the bed of clay by which many coal-seams are underlain.—p.adj. Seat′ed fixed confirmed located.—ns. Seat′-fas′tener in a wagon the screw-clamp for securing the seat to the body; Seat′ing the act of furnishing with seats: haircloth: in shipbuilding that part of the floor which rests on the keel; Seat′-lock the lock of a reversible seat in railroad cars; Seat′-rail a cross-piece between the legs below the seat of a chair &c.; Seat′-worm a pin-worm.—Seat of the soul the sensorium.—Take a seat to sit down.
Edited by Ervin
Unserious Contents or Definition
To think, in a dream, that some one has taken your seat, denotes you will be tormented by people calling on you for aid. To give a woman your seat, implies your yielding to some fair one's artfulness.
Inputed by Harvey
Examples
- Somebody has nailed this wooden seat in. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Paul; they are too hideous: but if you admire themallow me to vacate my seat and leave you to their contemplation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Still, she could not quit her seat at the little parlour window. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The arbour was an arch in the wall, lined with ivy; it contained a rustic seat. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The King sprang from his seat with a gesture of anger. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Let's sit down here, on this seat till they come. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- If you would be so kind, said Eunice, vacating her seat at the piano, which action brought a frown to the face of her watchful mother. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Only among the seats are there left any of your fighting-men, and they and the slave women are fast being cut down. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Shut into the drawing-room, the pair took seats, each in an arm-chair, placed opposite, a few yards between them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The new cushions are a great improvement upon the hard marble seats we have been so long accustomed to. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The doors were at the ends, a row of seats ran along each side of the interior, and a long deal table extended down the centre. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- All idea of a Peerage was out of the question, the Baronet's two seats in Parliament being lost. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Selden followed her, and still without speaking they seated themselves on a bench beside the fountain. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- On the march you saw her at the head of the regiment seated on a royal elephant, a noble sight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Spy withdrew, and Carton seated himself at the table, resting his forehead on his hands. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She seated herself beside her uncle opposite to Will, and was evidently preoccupied with something that made her almost unmindful of him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Night was far advanced, when I came to the half-way resting-place, and seated myself beside the fountain. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Some were standing; some seated. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I handed him my pouch, and he seated himself opposite to me and smoked for some time in silence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, Topsy, let's see _you_ do this, said Miss Ophelia, pulling off the clothes, and seating herself. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Vell, George,' said Mr. Weller senior, taking off his upper coat, and seating himself with his accustomed gravity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They do not want me at all, said she, seating herself. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Come, now, Marie, said St. Clare, seating himself on a stool beside her sofa, be gracious, and say something pretty to a fellow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here, she said, seating herself comfortably, throwing back her wraps, and showing a thin but well-built figure. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Very extraordinary,' said Mr. Pickwick, going back into his room, and seating himself at the table in a musing attitude. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then I'll cut the dinner, and stay here all my life, said Meyler, quietly seating himself. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Edited by Helen