Definition
to sit (down): to take a seat, to put oneself in the sitting position (for example on a chair)
Sit down! Be seated!
This is an irregular verb:
I sit / I sat / I have sat
(the keys) are still sitting (on my desk): (the keys) are still placed, situated, located (on my desk)
The car is still sitting in the garage.
- "I'm sitting in Mr. Warbuckle's golf cart, while he drives me around the ranch."
- "Sit still and I'll read it."
- "New president of Europe Brian Alistair Jones, the winner in a hotly contested election that divided citizens over issues such as a national cheese, sits in his office with a reflective look on his face."
- "Brian : Uhh, Baby Carlos, are you just going to sit there and judge us?"
- "Sadly sitting in the dark, the only sound is that terrible bark, I want to kill the dog!"
- "You know I can be found, sitting home all alone"
- "Sat 24 May"
- "Come and sit with me underneath my Christmas tree"
- "You're sitting in an outdoor Jacuzzi in the middle of winter eating filet mignon and drinking thousand-dollar champagne."
- "Sit down. You'll blow our cover."
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