seat /sēt/

1. Anything used or intended for sitting on
2. A chair, bench, saddle, etc
3. The part of a chair on which one sits
4. A mode of sitting, esp on horseback
5. A place where one may sit in a theatre, church, etc, or a ticket for this
6. A right to sit
7. A parliamentary or local-government constituency
8. Membership, eg of a committee
9. That part of the body or of a garment on which one sits
10. That on or in which something rests
11. Site, situation
12. A place where anything is located, settled, or established
13. A post of authority
14. A throne
15. A capital city
16. Station
17. A (usu country) abode, a mansion

1. To place on a seat
2. To cause to sit down
3. To place in any situation, site, location, etc
4. To establish, fix
5. To assign a seat to
6. To provide with a seat or seats
7. To fit accurately
8. To make (a skirt, trousers, etc) baggy by sitting

1. To sit or lie down (obsolete)
2. To become baggy by sitting

seatˈed adjective

seatˈer noun

Someone or something that seats

Denoting a vehicle, sofa, etc, with seats for a specified number, as in two-seater

seatˈing noun

1. The taking, provision, allocation or arrangement of seats
2. A supporting surface
3. Fabric for covering seats

seatˈless adjective

seat belt noun

(also safety belt) an adjustable belt for holding the occupant firmly in his or her aircraft seat, car seat, etc

seat earth noun

A bed of clay underlying a coal seam

seat rent noun (historical)

Payment for a church sitting

seatˈ-stick noun

A walking-stick that can be made to serve as a seat, a shooting-stick

by the seat of one's pants

Instinctively, by intuition (seat-of-the-pantsˈ adjective instinctive)

lord of seat

A Lord of Session

lose one's seat

To fail to be re-elected to Parliament or local council

take a back seat

To adopt a passive or subordinate role

take a seat

To sit down

take one's seat

To take up one's allocated place, esp in Parliament

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