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sit — /sIt/ verb past tense and past participle sat present participle sitting 1 IN A CHAIR ETC a) (I) to be on a chair or seat, or on the ground, with the top half of your body upright and your weight resting on your buttocks (+on/in/by etc): sitting… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Sit on My Face — is a short song by the members of Monty Python s Flying Circus. The song originally appeared on the album Monty Python s Contractual Obligation Album and subsequently on Monty Python Sings and was performed at the Hollywood Bowl in the… … Wikipedia
sit — [v1] rest on one’s behind bear on, be seated, cover, ensconce, give feet a rest*, grab a chair*, have a place, have a seat, hunker*, install, lie, park*, perch*, plop down*, pose, posture, put it there*, relax, remain, rest, seat, seat oneself,… … New thesaurus
sit — verb 1 on a chair, etc. ADVERB ▪ motionless, still ▪ Just sit still! ▪ quietly ▪ He would sit quietly and watch what was happening. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
sit — [c]/sɪt / (say sit) verb (sat or, Archaic, sate, sitting) –verb (i) 1. to rest on the lower part of the body; be seated. 2. to be situated; dwell. 3. to rest or lie. 4. to place oneself in position for an artist, photographer, etc.: to sit for a… …
behind — be|hind1 [ bı haınd ] function word *** Behind can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): The car behind us was flashing its lights. as an adverb (without a following noun): I stayed behind to take care of the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
behind — I [[t]bɪha͟ɪnd[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, behind is also used in a few phrasal verbs, such as fall behind and lie behind .) 1) PREP If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of … English dictionary
behind — I UK [bɪˈhaɪnd] / US adverb, preposition *** Summary: Behind can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): The car behind us was flashing its lights. as an adverb (without a following noun): I stayed behind to look… … English dictionary
behind — be|hind1 W1S1 [bıˈhaınd] prep, adv [: Old English; Origin: behindan, from hindan from behind ] 1.) at or towards the back of a thing or person ▪ I turned to speak to the person standing behind me. ▪ Someone could easily creep up behind us. ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
behind*/*/*/ — [bɪˈhaɪnd] grammar word I summary: Behind can be: ■ a preposition: The car behind us was flashing its lights. ■ an adverb: I stayed behind to look after the children. 1) at the back of sb/sth at the back of someone or something, or following them … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sit — [OE] Sit comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sitjan or *setjan, which also produced German sitzen, Dutch zitten, Swedish sitta, and Danish sidde. This was derived from a base *set , source also of English seat, set (etymologically ‘cause to sit’) … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
