Verb

(en verb)

To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

* Bible, (w) vi. 12

Gather up the fragments that remain .

* (John Locke)

Thatremains to be proved.

To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

* Bible, (Genesis) xxxviii. 11

Remain a widow at thy father's house.

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To await; to be left to.

(copulative) To continue in a state of being.

Verb

(of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs (especially the upper legs) are supported by some object.

After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.

(of a person) To move oneself into such a position.

I asked him to sit .

(of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.

The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

* Bible, Numbers xxxii. 6

And Moses said to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

* Shakespeare

Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.

(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.

I currently sit on a standards committee.

(legal, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.

In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.

* Jeremy Taylor

The calamity sits heavy on us.

To be adjusted; to fit.

Your new coat sits well.

* Shakespeare

This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think.

(of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

How will this new contract sit with the workers?

I don’t think it will sit well.

The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.

To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.

* 1874 , , (w), XX

To accommodate in seats; to seat.

The dining room table sits eight comfortably.

I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft

shortened form of babysit.

I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.

(US) To babysit

I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.

(transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

* Bible, Jer. xvii. 11

The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.

I'm sitting for a painter this evening.

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

* Selden

like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits

* Sir Walter Scott

Sits the wind in that quarter?