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SEAT
seat
(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”
seat
(noun) furniture that is designed for sitting on; “there were not enough seats for all the guests”
seat
(noun) the cloth covering for the buttocks; “the seat of his pants was worn through”
seat
(noun) a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
seat
(noun) the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body; “he was elected to a seat in the Senate”
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
(noun) 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?”
seat
(noun) the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based; “the brain is said to be the seat of reason”
seat, place
(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”
seat
(noun) a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
seat, sit, sit down
(verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for; “The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith”
seat
(verb) place in or on a seat; “the mother seated the toddler on the high chair”
seat
(verb) place or attach firmly in or on a base; “seat the camera on the tripod”
seat
(verb) provide with seats; “seat a concert hall”
seat
(verb) put a seat on a chair
induct, invest, seat
(verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; “there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy”
seat
(verb) be able to seat; “The theater seats 2,000”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
seat (plural seats)
Something to be sat upon.
A place in which to sit.
The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
(engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
A location or site.
(figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
The location of a governing body.
(certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
The starting point of a fire.
Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
Verb
seat (third-person singular simple present seats, present participle seating, simple past and past participle seated)
(transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
(transitive) To provide with places to sit.
(transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
(transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
(transitive) To assign the seats of.
(transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
(obsolete, intransitive) To rest; to lie down.
To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
To put a seat or bottom in.
Anagrams
• AEST, ESTA, East, TEAs, east, eats, etas, sate, satĂ©, seta, tase, teas
Noun
SEAT (plural SEATs)
(US, aviation, firefighting, acronym) Single engine air tanker.
Proper noun
SEAT
Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo, a Spanish automobile manufacturer.
An automobile bearing its name.
Anagrams
• AEST, ESTA, East, TEAs, east, eats, etas, sate, satĂ©, seta, tase, teas
Source: Wiktionary
Seat, n. Etym: [OE. sete, Icel. sæti; akin to Sw. säte, Dan. sæde, MHG. saze, AS. set, setl, and E. sit. sq. root154. See Sit, and cf. Settle, n.]
1. 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. And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves. Matt. xxi. 12.
2. 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. Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is. Rev. ii. 13. He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison. Bacon. A seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity. Macaulay.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot.
6. (Mach.)
Definition: A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. Seat worm (Zoöl.), the pinworm.
Seat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seated; p. pr. & vb. n. Seating.]
1. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self. The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate. Arbuthnot.
2. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. Thus high . . . is King Richard seated. Shak. They had seated themselves in New Guiana. Sir W. Raleigh.
3. To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
4. To fix; to set firm. From their foundations, loosening to and fro, They plucked the seated hills. Milton.
5. To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. [Obs.] W. Stith.
6. To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
Seat, v. i.
Definition: To rest; to lie down. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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