Sit
//sɪt//
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Noun
Proper Noun
The word "sit" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.
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apartment-sit babysit besit catsit do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope dogsit face-sit fence-sit flat-sit granny-sit home-sit house-sit if I fits, I sits if it fits, I sits is anyone sitting here people sit on chairs petsit plant-sit saw off the branch one is sitting on sit about sit around sit back sit back on one's heels sit by sit dead-red sit down sit for sit idly by sit in sit in for sit in judgement sit in judgment sit in on sit in the wheels sit in with sit loose sit loosely sit off sit on sit on a tack sit on death's doorstep sit on it sit on one's arse sit on one's ass sit on one's hands sit on one's laurels sit on someone's wheel sit on the fence sit one's ass down sit one's butt down sit out sit over sit right sit shiva sit still sit the fence sit there like a lemon sit through sit tight sit under sit up sit up with sit upon sit well sit with sit-and-go sit-and-wait predator sit-by-the-fire sit-in sit-inner sit-lie sit-on sit-on-top sit-out sit-ski sit-skier sit-up sit-up-and-beg sit-upon sittable sitting member sitting room sitting table sitting toilet sitting volleyball sitting-out area sitting-rising test sitting-room take sitting down teen-sit trip sit trip-sit unsittable where one is sitting where you stand depends on where you sit
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action activity babysit buttocks cause chair chair activity chairs day deliberative event furnish goal meditation motion posture relaxing seat session sit around sit back sit by sit down sit in sit on fence sit on it sit on one's hands sit out sit pretty sit through sit tight sit under sit up sit upon sitting stand using using chairs work
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