seat

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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.

2. 2noun

   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.

3. 3noun

   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. 4noun

   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. 5noun

   Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

6. 6noun

   A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.

7. 7transitive verb

   To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.

8. 8transitive verb

   To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

9. 9transitive verb

   To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

10. 10transitive verb

    To fix; to set firm.

11. 11transitive verb

    To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.

12. 12transitive verb

    To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To rest; to lie down.

14. 14noun

    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"

15. 15noun

    furniture that is designed for sitting on

    "there were not enough seats for all the guests"

16. 16noun

    the cloth covering for the buttocks

    "the seat of his pants was worn through"

17. 17noun

    a part of a machine that supports or guides another part

18. 18noun

    the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body

    "he was elected to a seat in the Senate"

19. 19noun

    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?"

    Synonyms

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20. 20noun

    the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based

    "the brain is said to be the seat of reason"

21. 21noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    place
22. 22noun

    a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

23. 23verb

    show to a seat; assign a seat for

    "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"

    Synonyms

    sit
24. 24verb

    place in or on a seat

    "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"

25. 25verb

    place or attach firmly in or on a base

    "seat the camera on the tripod"

26. 26verb

    provide with seats

    "seat a concert hall"

27. 27verb

    put a seat on a chair

28. 28verb

    place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

    "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"

    Synonyms

    inductinvest
29. 29verb

    be able to seat

    "The theater seats 2,000"