Definition of: sit

(sit) v. sat (Archaic sate), sat, sit·ting v.i.
1. To rest, as upon a chair, with the body bent at the hips, and the spine nearly vertical; rest upon the haunches; take or occupy a seat.
2. To perch or roost, as a bird; brood; also, to cover eggs so as to give warmth for hatching.
3. To be or remain in a seated or settled position.
4. To remain passive or inactive, or in a position of idleness or rest.
5. To assume an attitude of readiness; take a position for a special purpose; pose, as for a portrait.
6. To meet in assembly for deliberation or business; hold a session.
7. To occupy or be entitled, to a seat in a deliberative body.
8. To have or exercise judicial authority.
9. To fit or be adjusted; suit: That dress sits well.
10. To be suffered or borne, as a burden.
11. To be situated or located; be in some position or direction: The wind sits in the east.
—v.t.
12. To have or keep a seat or a good seat upon: to sit a horse.
13. To seat (oneself): Sit yourself down.
—to sit in (on) To join: to sit in on a game of cards, or a business deal.
—to sit on (or upon)
1. To belong to (a jury, commission, etc.) as a member.
2. To hold discussions about and look into carefully, as a case.
3. Colloq. To suppress or squelch.
—to sit out
1. To sit quietly till the end of: to sit out an entertainment.
2. To sit aside during: They sat out a dance.
3. To stay longer than.
—to sit tight Colloq. To wait quietly for the next move on the part of somebody else: Just sit tight until I get back. [OE sittan]