Crossword clues for sitting
sitting
- Kind of duck
- Well placed
- Using a chair
- Portrait session
- More of the rhyme
- Using a stool
- In a recliner, say
- Beekeeper's injury
- Nothing supporting meeting, one's very much exposed to criticism
- Enjoying a good position
- In a good position
- Two things an attractive model should be, in advantageous position
- Tip — try setting. It could make you well-off?!
- Be seated
- Assign a seat for
- Show to a seat
- Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- As for artistic purposes
- Be in session, as of courts of law, for example
- Sit around, often unused
- A session as of a legislature or court
- A meeting of spiritualists
- The act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
- The act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
- Take a seat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nonmoving \nonmoving\ adj. Not moving. Opposite of moving. [Narrower terms: at rest, inactive, motionless, static, still; becalmed ; {dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still; frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock-still ; {inert ; {sitting ; {slack ; {stationary ; {immobile, unmoving] Also See: immobile.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., verbal noun from sit (v.). Meaning "a meeting of a body" is from c.1400. Meaning "interval during which one sits" (for some purpose, especially to have one's portrait taken) is from 1706. Sitting-room first recorded 1771. Slang sitting duck "easy target" first recorded 1944; literal sense is from 1867 (it is considered not sporting to shoot at one).
Wiktionary
1 Executed from a sitting position. 2 occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent. n. 1 A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose. 2 A legislative session. 3 The act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird. v
(present participle of sit English)
WordNet
sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"
be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"
assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose, posture]
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" [syn: ride]
work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" [syn: baby-sit]
show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" [syn: seat, sit down]
n. (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" [syn: posing]
the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"
a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" [syn: seance, session]
a session as of a legislature or court
See sit
Wikipedia
Sitting is a basic human resting position. The body weight is supported primarily by the buttocks in contact with the ground or a horizontal object such as a chair seat. The torso is more or less upright. Sitting for much of the day may pose significant health risks, and people who sit regularly for prolonged periods have higher mortality rates than those who do not.
The form of kneeling where where the thighs are near horizontal and the buttocks rest on the heels, for example as in Seiza and Vajrasana (yoga), is also often interpreted as sitting.
Usage examples of "sitting".
Beside the cushion was a vacant throne, radiant as morning in the East, ablaze with devices in gold and gems, a seat to fill the meanest soul with sensations of majesty and tempt dervishes to the sitting posture.
I was sitting there listening to her go on about abortion, I casually made an off-mike comment to my call screener that I wished I could abort this call.
He was sitting in a music hall one evening, sipping his absinth and admiring the art of a certain famous Russian dancer, when he caught a passing glimpse of a pair of evil black eyes upon him.
But if these muons are not sitting at rest in the laboratory and instead are traveling through a piece of equipment known as a particle accelerator that boosts them to just shy of light-speed, their average life expectancy as measured by scientists in the laboratory increases dramatically.
RAT, or Remote Access Trojan, gives the attacker full access to your computer, just as if he were sitting at your keyboard.
I saw, sitting before a table, a woman already somewhat advanced in age, with two young girls and two boys, but I looked in vain for the actress, whom Don Sancio Pico at last presented to me in the shape of one of the two boys, who was remarkably handsome and might have been seventeen.
In the lounge, Data spotted Darryl Adin sitting alone at a table near the viewports, looking out at the stars.
The Emperor might prorogue, adjourn, or dissolve the House of Representatives, whose sittings were to be public.
He let himself in the back door of the admin office and walked down the hall to his own office-- where he found Stafford sitting in his chair.
The aeronaut, his brow adorned with sticking-plaster, was sitting in a chair by the table, while the doctor was bandaging his splinted forearm.
If you doubt me, go and ask her who held her in his arms by the creek agen the selection, and who kicked Sammy Deans out of the tree where he had the ill-luck to be sitting, hearing all that was said?
From the corner of my sight I watched Nick leave the bathroom, looking like the ailing vampire who was sitting beside me, trying to attract anyone in an apron.
For the next twenty minutes I was treated to an outstanding display of airmanship by the pilot sitting behind me.
Ray asked Ake, the two of them sitting in the cockpit nursing drinks with Beowulf and Frodo lying at their feet.
This lowly Thought, which once would talk with me Of a bright seraph sitting crowned on high, Found such a cruel foe it died, and so My Spirit wept, the grief is hot even now-- And said, Alas for me!