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sitting

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1. sitting - Noun

2. sitting - Adjective

3. sitting - Verb

Derived from sit

5. sitting - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Sit

Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.

The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.

A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.

The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.

The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.

The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.

A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. Ogden Nash

For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way fly like clouds as Isaiah says, and as doves with their young ones; but sin is a heavy affair, as another of the prophets says, sitting upon a talent of lead. Gregory of Nyssa

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. Ogden Nash

A sitting crow starves. Icelandic Proverb

He's looking for the donkey while sitting on it. Armenian Proverb

One should rise to a person who sees you sitting. Somali Proverb

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