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
sheet
1. 名詞. 敷布。シーツ。
2. 名詞. （紙・ガラスなどの）一枚。
3. 名詞. シート。薄板。
4. 名詞. ひろがり。
5. 名詞. (海事)帆脚索
6. 名詞. (海事, 破格)帆。
7. 名詞. (curling)シート。
8. 名詞. (geology)岩床。
9. 名詞. (海事)（艇首・艇尾の）空間。
10. 動詞. シートでおおう。
11. 動詞. （雨などが）ふる。
12. 動詞. (海事)（帆脚索で帆を）ひろげる。
sheet
1. n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
2. n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include
3. n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
4. n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
5. n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
6. n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
7. n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
8. n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
9. n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
10. n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
11. n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
12. n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
fore sheets; stern sheets
13. v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
14. v. To form into sheets.
15. v. (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
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