Definition of sitting

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of sitting is as below...

Sitting (n.) 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..

Lern More About Sitting

Sejeant :: Sejeant (a.) Sitting, as a lion or other beast..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc..
Squat :: Squat (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc..
Calefactory :: Calefactory (n.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..
Unsitting :: Unsitting (a.) Not sitting well; unbecoming.
Insession :: Insession (n.) The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath..
Session :: Session (n.) The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings..
Court :: Court (n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes..
Manumotor :: Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it..
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Bedchair :: Bedchair (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed..
Sartorius :: Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting..
Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process..
Session :: Session (n.) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated..
Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
Seat :: Seat (v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us