One entry found for sit.

Entry Word: sit
Function: verb
Text: 1 to rest on the buttocks or haunches <everybody needs to sit down, or no one will be able to see the movie>
Synonyms set [chiefly dialect]
Related Words perch; lounge, slouch, sprawl, squat, straddle
Near Antonyms arise, get up, rise, stand
2 to cause to sit down <the host had to sit some of the guests on the porch> -- see SEAT
3 to cover and warm eggs to hatch them <we didn't want to disturb the hens, as they were sitting> -- see SET 1
4 to occupy a place or location <the monument that sits at the entrance to the battlefield> -- see STAND 1