Definition of sitting

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of sitting is as below...

Sitting (n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc..

Lern More About Sitting

Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Loggia :: Loggia (n.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room..
Sitz Bath :: Sitz bath () A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Assession :: Assession (n.) A sitting beside or near.
Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..
Sederunt :: Sederunt (n.) A sitting, as of a court or other body..
Adjournment :: Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
Bank :: Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report..
Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
Sitting :: Sitting (a.) Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Footstool :: Footstool (n.) A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
Squat :: Squat (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Sedent :: Sedent (a.) Sitting; inactive; quiet.
Downsitting :: Downsitting (n.) The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
Veranda :: Veranda (n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia..
Bedchair :: Bedchair (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us