Dictionary Entry
sitting
sitting is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Sit. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Sit
- 2adjective
Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
- 3noun
The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
- 4noun
A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
- 5noun
The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
- 6noun
The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.
- 7noun
The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
- 8noun
A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
- 9noun
the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
"he read the mystery at one sitting"
- 10noun
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
"he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"
Synonyms
- 11noun
a session as of a legislature or court
- 12noun
a meeting of spiritualists
"the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
- 13adjective
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
"the seated Madonna"
"the audience remained seated"
Synonyms
- 14adjective
not moving and therefore easy to attack
"a sitting target"
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