SEAT
\sˈiːt], \sˈiːt], \s_ˈiː_t]\
Definitions of SEAT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
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the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through"
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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"
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a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
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put a seat on a chair
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provide with seats; "seat a concert hall"
By Princeton University
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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"
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furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
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the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through"
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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"
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a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
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provide with seats, as of a concert hall, for example
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put a seat on a chair
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
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A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
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To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
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To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
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To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
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To fix; to set firm.
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To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
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To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
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To rest; to lie down.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
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A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
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To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
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To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
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To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
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To fix; to set firm.
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To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
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To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
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To rest; to lie down.
By Noah Webster.
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That on which or in which one sits; chair; residence; regular place of sitting; the right to sit; as, a seat in church; the place where anything is settled or established; as, the seat of the trouble.
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To place on a chair, etc.; cause to sit down; establish; place in any site or position; to furnish with seats; to renew or restore the seat of.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That on which one sits: a chair, bench, etc.: the place where one sits: site: a place where anything is established: post of authority: station: abode: a mansion.
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To place on a seat: to cause to sit down: to place in any situation, site, etc.: to establish: to fix: to assign a seat to.
By Daniel Lyons
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That on which one sits; chair, &c.; place where one sits; site; post of authority; mansion; abode.
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To place on a seat, or in any site; establish.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To place on a seat; cause to sit down; have seats for; locate.
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To fix a seat on or in.
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That on which one sits; location; site; manner of sitting, as on horseback.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That on which one sits; a chair, bench, stool, &c.; the place of sitting; throne; tribunal; abode; residence; mansion; situation; posture in sitting; a pew in a church.
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To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; to instal; to settle; to fix in a place; to set firm; assign seats to; to provide with seats.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A thing for sitting or resting on, as a chair, a bench, or a stool; a place at table; a post of authority; situation or position; site; a residence; a mansion.
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To cause to sit down; to place in a seat; to settle; to fix; to fit up with seats; to assign seats to.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo Saxon ] The place or thing upon which one sits;—the place where anything is situated, resides, or abides; station; site; abode;— a right to sit; regular place of sitting posture or way of sitting on horseback;—a part on which another part rests.
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