Etymology : Middle English sete, from Old Norse sæti; akin to Old English gesete seat, sittan to sit
Pronunciation : sEt
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. furniture designed for sitting upon (such as a chair or bench); horizontal part of a chair used for sitting; place to sit; place, location; center of an organization; house, home; buttocks, backside. place in a seat; have a seating capacity, accommodate; fix firmly in place. seat\seat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. seated; p. pr. & vb. n. seating.].
2. to place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self. the guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate.
3. to cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. thus high is king richard seated. they had seated themselves in new guiana. w. raleigh.
4. to assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
5. to fix; to set firm. from their foundations, loosening to and fro, they plucked the seated hills.
6. to settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. [obs.] stith.
7. to put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.seat \seat\ , n. [oe. sete, icel. s?ti; akin to sw. s?te, dan. s?de, mhg. sāze, as. set, setl, and e. sit. ?154. see:
sit, and cf. settle, n.].
8. the place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like. and jesus overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves. xxi.
9. 2. the place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation. where thou dwellest, even where satan's seat is. ii.
10. he that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison. a seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity.
11. that part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.
12. a sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.
13. posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. she had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount. eliot.
14. (mach.) a part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.seat worm (zo?l.), the pinworm.seat \seat\, v. i. to rest; to lie down. [obs.]seat n.
15. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" [syn: place].
16. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, tail, tail end , tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass].
17. furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests".
18. any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down".
19. a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised).
20. the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through" v 1: show to a seat; assign a seat for: "the host seated me next to mrs. smith" [syn: sit, sit down] 2: be able to seat; "the theater seats 2,000" 3: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "we were inducted into the honor society" [syn: induct, invest] 4: put a seat on a chair 5: provide with seats, as of a concert hall, for example.
21. The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
22. The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
23. That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.
24. A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.
25. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
26. A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
27. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
28. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
29. To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
30. To fix; to set firm.
31. To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
32. To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
33. To rest; to lie down. any support where you can sit ; "he dusted off the seat before sitting down" furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through" a space reserved for sitting ; "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" a center of authority show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs.
34. Smith" provide with seats; "seat a concert hall" put a seat on a chair be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000".
35. 1. A seat is an object that you can sit on, for example a chair. Stephen returned to his seat Ann could remember sitting in the back seat of their car.
36. The seat of a chair is the part that you sit on. The stool had a torn, red plastic seat.
37. If you seat yourself somewhere, you sit down. He waved towards a chair, and seated himself at the desk. a portrait of one of his favourite models seated on an elegant sofa.
38. A building or vehicle that seats a particular number of people has enough seats for that number. The Theatre seats 570.
39. The seat of a piece of clothing is the part that covers your bottom. Then he got up and brushed off the seat of his jeans.
40. When someone is elected to a parliament, congress, or senate, you can say that they, or their party, have won a seat. Independent candidates won the majority of seats on the local council. a Maryland Republican who lost his seat.
41. If someone has a seat on the board of a company or on a committee, they are a member of it. He has been unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat on the board of the company.
42. The seat of an organization, a wealthy family, or an activity is its base. Gunfire broke out early this morning around the seat of government in Lagos. see also:
deep-seated, hot seat.
43. If you take a back seat, you allow other people to have all the power and to make all the decisions. You need to take a back seat and think about both past and future.
44. If you take a seat, you sit down. `Take a seat,' he said in a bored tone Rachel smiled at him as they took their seats on opposite sides of the table.
45. in the driving seat: see:
driving seat by the seat of your pants: see pants.
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