from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. 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.
- n. 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.
- n. That part of a thing on which a person sits.
- n. A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting.
- n. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- n. A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
- intransitive v. To rest; to lie down.
- transitive v. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down.
- transitive v. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- transitive v. To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to.
- transitive v. To fix; to set firm.
- transitive v. To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
- transitive v. To put a seat or bottom in.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To place on a seat; cause to sit down: as, to seat one's guests: often used reflexively: as, to seat one's self at table.
- To furnish or fit up with seats: as, to seat a church for a thousand persons.
- To repair by renewing or mending the seat: as, to seat a chair or a garment.
- To afford sitting accommodation for; accommodate with seats or sittings: as, a room that seats four hundred.
- To fix; set firm.
- To locate; settle; place definitely as in a permanent abode or dwelling-place; fix: often reflexively.
- In mech., to fix in proper place, as on a bed or support; cause to lie truly on such support; fit accurately.
- To settle; plant with inhabitants: as, to seat a country.
- To fix or take up abode; settle down permanently; establish a residence.
- To rest; lie down.
- To close tight upon its seat: said of a lifting-valve, which may be actuated mechanically from without or be self-acting by the variation of pressure within the passages which it controls.
- n. A place or thing on which to sit; a bench, stool, chair, throne, or the like.
- n. That part of a thing on which one sits, or on which another part or thing rests, or by which it is supported: as, the seat of a chair; the seats in a wagon; the seat of a valve.
- n. That part of the body on which one sits; the breech, buttocks, or fundament; technically, the gluteal region.
- n. That part of a garment which covers the breech: as, the seat of a pair of trousers.
- n. Site; situation; location: as, the seat of Eden; the seat of a tumor, or of a disease.
- n. Abode; place of abode or residence; specifically, a mansion: as, a family seat; a country-seat.
- n. Regular or appropriate place, as of rest, activity, etc.; the place where anything is settled, fixed, or established, or is carried on or flourishes; the matter in which any form inheres: as, the seat of war; a seat of learning or of commerce.
- n. A right to sit.
- n. Method or posture of sitting, as on horseback; hold in sitting: as, to have a firm seat in the saddle.
- n. A clutch or sitting (of eggs).
- n. A place or situation in a shoemaking establishment: as, a seat of work; a seat of stuff (that is, an engagement to make stuff shoes).
- n. Same as seat-earth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. furniture that is designed for sitting on
- n. the cloth covering for the buttocks
- v. put a seat on a chair
- v. provide with seats
- v. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- n. a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
- v. be able to seat
- n. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- n. the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
- n. a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- v. place in or on a seat
- v. place or attach firmly in or on a base
- n. the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
- n. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- n. any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
- v. show to a seat; assign a seat for
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Oliveras, an Airman 1st Class who lives on McGuire Air Force Base in Fort Dix, N.J., paid $20 for his seat in Section 202, Row 7, Seat 24.
Seat pitch and width 9D is in one of the nine rows of "Seat+" space
ANDERSON - Matt Harbin became the last person to register to run for the Anderson City Council's open at-large seat, Seat 7, making it the only contested seat for the city council's April election.
I was in partial view orchestra seat Row F, Seat 20 ... excellent seat for the price you see just about everything except one wall of the dance hall (where no action really takes place, it's all centered) and some of the back wall (the miner's flag).
On my way to my seat in Section 1, Seat 88, reserved for Black Enterprise, I pass black corporate leaders like Leonard James of Exxon / Mobil, business leaders including Ariel Capital Management CEO John Rogers, and entertainment super-couple Shawn "Jay Z" Carter and Beyonce Knowles.
Conceptually, the Cinch Seat is fantastic, and I love the idea of making kids 'furniture and gadgets out of simple materials with an eye for good design.
This Teak Corner Shower Seat is a great looking accent for your bathroom and is ideal for use in and out your shower stall giving you the versatility to seat and wash or use it has - 1/4″ pilot holes must be drilled [...] [...] on December 23, 2008 at 3: 10 pm | Reply ChrisC
I even told the guy in Seat 9B that I was getting really lucky with my seat assignments and that "I had good seat karma."
I might be in Seattle during the summer, Rex, & will keep you posted.
This net free capital must be exclusive of the value of the Seat, and the value of the Seat is quite large.