Seat

/siːt/ · noun

Meaning

Something to be sat upon..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something to be sat upon.
2. A location or site.
3. The starting point of a fire.
4. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
5. (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
6. (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
7. (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
8. (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.

Example Sentences

Several pressmen have nearly lost their lives, to say nothing of the seats of their trousers, from these creatures.

I love these new biker pants I bought! There's padding in the seat to protect my rear end.

She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.

George was a perfect picture on horseback; he had a light, firm seat, and seemed as if he were a part of his horse, and was only happy when away in the saddle for hours together, mustering cattle or tracking a missing horse.

Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.

From their foundations, loosening to and fro, / They plucked the seated hills.

One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

This classroom seats two hundred students.

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Antonyms for seat

Related Words

Word Forms

• seats
• seating
• seated

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