| seat | |
| 1. n. Something to be sat upon. | |
| 2. n. A place in which to sit. | |
| There are two hundred seats in this classroom. | |
| 3. n. The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting. | |
| He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother. | |
| the seat of a saddle | |
| 4. n. A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting. | |
| She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down. | |
| 5. n. The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting. | |
| Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair". | |
| 6. n. The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks. | |
| The seat of these trousers is almost worn through. | |
| 7. n. (engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests. | |
| The seat of the valve had become corroded. | |
| 8. n. A location or site. | |
| 9. n. (figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body. | |
| Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress. | |
| 10. n. The location of a governing body. | |
| Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government. | |
| 11. n. (certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature. | |
| 12. n. A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge. | |
| 13. n. The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated or resides; a site. | |
| 14. n. The starting point of a fire. | |
| 15. n. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. | |
| 16. v. To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. | |
| Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover. | |
| 17. v. To provide with places to sit. | |
| This classroom seats two hundred students. | |
| The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink. | |
| 18. v. To request or direct one or more persons to sit. | |
| Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker. | |
| 19. v. (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session. | |
| Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early. | |
| You have to be a member to be seated at the meeting. Guests are welcome to sit in the visitors section. | |
| 20. v. To assign the seats of. | |
| to seat a church | |
| 21. v. To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. | |
| 22. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To rest; to lie down. | |
| 23. v. To settle; to plant with inhabitants. | |
| to seat a country | |
| 24. v. To put a seat or bottom in. | |
| to seat a chair | |
