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VERB | 1 | sit, sit down | Be seated |
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2 | sit | Sit around, often unused | |
3 | sit, sit down | Take a seat | |
4 | sit | Be in session | |
5 | sit, model, pose, posture | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes | |
6 | sit, ride | Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | |
7 | sit, baby-sit | Work or act as a baby-sitter | |
8 | sit, seat, sit down | Show to a seat |
Sounds | sih't |
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Rhymes | acquit, admit, affectionate, and 178 more rhymes in iht at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Be seated. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | The children sit in the rocking chair; There sit some children in the rocking chair |
Synonyms | sit down |
Entails | sit down, sit |
Caused by | seat, sit, sit down |
Narrower | lounge; sprawl; perch, roost, rest; squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down |
Contrary | stand, stand up; lie |
Similar to | seat, sit, sit down; sit down, sit |
See also | sit out; sit down |
Nouns | sitting |
Meaning | Sit around, often unused. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Broader | be |
Meaning | Take a seat. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | sit down |
Entailed by | brood, hatch, cover, incubate; sit, sit down |
Broader | change posture |
Contrary | arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up |
Similar to | sit, sit down |
Meaning | Be in session. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Examples | "When does the court of law sit?" |
Broader | convene |
Nouns | sitting |
Meaning | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | model, pose, posture |
Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production |
Narrower | ramp |
Broader | expose, exhibit, display |
Nouns | sitter; sitting |
Meaning | Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | ride |
Category | riding, horseback riding |
Narrower | override; ride herd; outride; ride horseback; prance; canter; gallop, extend |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Similar to | ride |
Meaning | Work or act as a baby-sitter. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "I cannot baby-sit tonight |
Synonyms | baby-sit |
Broader | guard |
Nouns | sitter |
Meaning | Show to a seat. Assign a seat for. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Synonyms | seat, sit down |
Cause to | sit, sit down |
Narrower | reseat |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
Similar to | sit, sit down |