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S0438600 (sĭt′ĭng)n.1. The act or position of one that sits.2. A period during which one is seated and occupied with a single activity, such as posing for a portrait or reading a book.3. A session or term, as of a legislature or court.4. a. An act, condition, or period of brooding on eggs by a bird; incubation.b. The number of eggs under a brooding bird; a clutch.adj.1. Incubating a nest of eggs: a sitting hen.2. Occupying an official position; incumbent.3. a. Of or for sitting: a sitting posture; a sitting area in a bus station.b. Done or executed while sitting.

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(ˈsɪtɪŋ) n1. a continuous period of being seated: I read his novel at one sitting. 2. (Cookery) such a period in a restaurant, canteen, etc, where space and other facilities are limited: dinner will be served in two sittings. 3. (Art Terms) the act or period of posing for one's portrait to be painted, carved, etc4. (Parliamentary Procedure) a meeting, esp of an official body, to conduct business5. (Zoology) the incubation period of a bird's eggs during which the mother sits on them to keep them warmadj6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) in office: a sitting Member of Parliament. 7. (Zoology) (of a hen) brooding eggs8. seated: in a sitting position.

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(ˈsɪt ɪŋ)

n. 1. the act of a person or thing that sits. 2. a period of being seated, as in posing for a portrait. 3. a brooding, as of a hen upon eggs; incubation. 4. a session, as of a court or legislature. 5. the time allotted to the serving of a meal to a group, as aboard a ship. adj. 6. for, suited to, or accomplished while sitting: a sitting catch. 7. (of a target) readily seen, approached, or hit. 8. occupying an official position or office; incumbent. 9. in session; active: a sitting legislature. 10. (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching. [1175–1225]

Sitting

the meeting together of a body of persons authorised to transact business; the number of eggs covered by a fowl in a single brood; a number of people taking a meal or sitting examination at a certain time.Examples: sitting of a commission; of a judicial court; of eggs, 1854; of parliament, 1700.

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See Also: BEARING, IMMOBILITY

Carefully lowered himself into the chair like someone entering a steaming hot bath —Andrew Kaplan
Grandly sitting like a great rock —John Ashbery
Hit his chair like a large rock —Rita Mae Brown
Hunkered down on our haunches like Indians —Stephen King
Just sits there … like a sick cat —Niven Busch
Perched [on a stool] like a night owl —Jonathan Valin
[Eight matrons] perched like pigeons around two identical card tables —Leigh Allison Wilson
Sank back [into chair] … like a weighted diver into water —Richard Moran
The diver comparison is particularly apt within the context of Moran’s novel, Cold Sea Rising, with its many ocean scenes.
Sank into a chair like a stone sinking into water —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker
Sat as still as a bird sleeping on a limb —James Crumley
Sat bolt upright, like a character in a work of cheap fiction —Peter De Vries
Sat down heavily, like a farmer getting ready for Sunday dinner —Harvey Swados
Sat like a bronze figure —William Brammer
The variations on sitting, standing or being “Still as a statue” are virtually limitless.
Sat like a humped stone —Flannery O’Connor
Sat like a lump of lead —Erich Maria Remarque
Sat like granite —Walter Stone
Sat like half-folded shirts, arms out of the way and knees close together —Mary Ward Brown
Sat [silently] like someone who can’t remember the punch-line —William Mcllvanney
Sat like some portent against the skies of the evening —E. M. Forster
Sat like wood —Leslie Thomas
Sat silent, motionless, like guests waiting to be welcomed —Helen Hudson
Sat stiff as a cockroach, waiting to spring to life —Miles Gibson
Sat stolidly, like an egg flattened on its bottom —David Ignatow
Sat there like a mountain —Eudora Welty
Sat up abruptly like a clockwork figure released by a spring —Joyce Cary
Sat up and crossed his legs like a tailor. Like a tailor with no needle —Sterling Hayden
Sat up as if she’d been shot from a cannon —Jonathan Valin
Sat up —like a soldier at reveille —Jonathan Valin
Sat up like Lazarus —Ray Bradbury
She is dumped on the seat like a barrel of ashes —Malcolm Cowley
Sitting [on the floor] like a sack —Ivan Turgenev
Sit like a frog on a chopping block —John Ray’s Proverbs
Sit like an umbrella —Bertold Brecht
Sit like fixed candlesticks —William Shakespeare
Stood there like a mannequin —T. Coraghessan Boyle
Sit silent and still as if they were in a photograph, slightly out of focus —George Garrett
Sits like a pile of dough —Lee Smith
Sits quietly with her hands in her lap, like a pregnant woman being driven to the delivery rooom —Alice McDermott
Sits up high like a job applicant —Richard Ford
Sitting like somebody found at Pompeii —William Mcllvanney
Sitting motionless … like a mother who affects not to notice the rude or awkward conduct of her children —Marcel Proust
(She straightened up,) sitting stiff and small, like a small mast against a storm —Elizabeth Spencer
Sitting there pop-eyed as a ventriloquist’s dummy —Antonia White
You sit with your head like a carving in space —Wallace Stevens

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sitting - (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"posingmovement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
	2.	sitting - the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
	3.	sitting - a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"seance, sessionspirit rapping, table rapping, table tapping - alleged form of communication with spirits of the deadtable lifting, table tilting, table tipping, table turning - manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spiritsget together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
	4.	sitting - a session as of a legislature or courtsession - a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature"
Adj.	1.	sitting - (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"seated
	2.	sitting - not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"nonmoving, unmoving - not in motion

sitting

noun1. session, period Dinner was in two sittings.2. meeting, hearing, session, congress, consultation, get-together (informal) the recent emergency sittings

Translations

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(sit) – present participle sitting: past tense, past participle sat (sӕt) – verb1. to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated. He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.坐2. to lie or rest; to have a certain position. The parcel is sitting on the table. 摆，放，坐落 3. (with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc). He sat on several committees.当...委员4. (of birds) to perch. An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.栖息5. to undergo (an examination). 参加（考试） 6. to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken. She is sitting for a portrait/photograph. 摆好姿势，做模特儿 7. (of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session. Parliament sits from now until Christmas.开会ˈsitter noun1. a person who poses for a portrait etc. 被画像或拍照的模特2. a baby-sitter. 临时替人照看孩子的人ˈsitting noun a period of continuous action, meeting etc. I read the whole book at one sitting; The committee were prepared for a lengthy sitting.一段时间ˈsit-in noun an occupation of a building etc by protesters. The students staged a sit-in.静坐抗议ˈsitting-room noun a room used mainly for sitting in. 客厅sitting target, sitting duck someone or something that is in an obvious position to be attacked. If they're reducing staff, he's a sitting target.易受攻击的目标sit back to rest and take no part in an activity. He just sat back and let it all happen.袖手旁观sit down to (cause to) take a seat, take a sitting position. Let's sit down over here; He sat the child down on the floor.就坐sit out1. to remain seated during a dance. Let's sit (this one) out.坐在一旁不参加跳舞2. to remain inactive and wait until the end of. They'll try to sit out the crisis.一直坐到结束sit tight to keep the same position or be unwilling to move or act. The best thing to do is to sit tight and see if things improve.稳坐不动sit up1. to rise to a sitting position. Can the patient sit up?坐起2. to remain awake, not going to bed. I sat up until 3 a.m. waiting for you!熬夜

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noun (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

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noun the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position

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noun a meeting of spiritualists

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noun a session as of a legislature or court

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adj (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

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adj not moving and therefore easy to attack

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