Word info

sit under

Verb

Meaning

sit under (third-person singular simple present sits under, present participle sitting under, simple past and past participle sat under)

(religion) To be in the habit of hearing the preaching of.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan

The yard was full of tomato plants about to ripen, and mint, mint, everything smelling of mint, and one fine old tree that I loved to sit under on those cool perfect starry California October nights unmatched anywhere in the world. Jack Kerouac

I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter. Roy Lichtenstein

Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. Charles Dickens

You can't claim heaven as your own if you are just going to sit under it. Cambodian Proverb

If you want to sit under a shade in your old age plant a tree now. African Proverb

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