sit

verb17

1. •
   to be in a position with the body resting on the bottom and the back straight

   • After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
   • You're finishing the chowder if you sit there (motionless) all evening!
2. •
   To move oneself into such a position.

   • I asked him to sit.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   To occupy a given position.

   • The dishes are still sitting on the table!
   • The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
5. •
   To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

   • like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits — 1689
6. •
   To be a member of a deliberative body.

   • I currently sit on a standards committee.
7. •
   To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

   • How will this new contract sit with the workers?
   • I don’t think it will sit well.
8. •
   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?
9. •
   (UK, Australia) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
10. •
    To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

    • And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here? — 1611
11. •
    (US) Ellipsis of babysit.

    • I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
    • I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
12. •
    To accommodate in seats; to seat.

    • The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
13. •
    To be adjusted; to fit.

    • Your new coat sits well.
14. •
    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.
15. •
    To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

    • The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. — 1611
16. •
    To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.

    • The calamity sits heavy on us. — 1651
17. •
    (no longer used) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

    • Louisa, who […] had but ill born the commencement of this conversation, could sit it no longer, and hastily throwing up the sash, complained of the intense heat of the room. — 1790

noun4

1. •
   An act of sitting.
2. •
   (rare) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
3. •
   (informal) Clipping of situation.
4. •
   Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.

noun4

1. •
   (India) Initialism of Special Investigation Team.
2. •
   Initialism of sterile insect technique
3. •
   Initialism of spontaneous ignition temperature.
4. •
   Initialism of special information tone.