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Seat

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Verb group 2

Sit 84% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Sit 84% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Accommodate 76% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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Admit 76% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Eye 76% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Furniture 76% connected

That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.

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Heart 76% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Install 76% connected

To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Location 76% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Middle 76% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Bench 76% connected

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

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Box 76% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

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Capital 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the head.

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Capsule 76% connected

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily,…

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Chair 76% connected

A movable single seat with a back.

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Cockpit 76% connected

A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.

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Couch 76% connected

To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

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Hassock 76% connected

A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.

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Houdah 76% connected

See Howdah.

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Howdah 76% connected

A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders.

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Lounge 76% connected

To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

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Ottoman 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.

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Perch 76% connected

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flav…

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Pillion 76% connected

A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride.

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Puff 76% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Rumble 76% connected

To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.

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Saddle 76% connected

A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, a…

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Sofa 76% connected

A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.

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Stool 76% connected

A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

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Manner of action 1

Reseat 76% connected

To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.

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Derivationally related 4

Place 74% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Place 74% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Causes 1

Sit 72% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Containing whole 6

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Pant 70% connected

To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

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Skirt 70% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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Torso 70% connected

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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Trousers 70% connected

A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately.

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Trunk 70% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Containing group 1

Seating 70% connected

of Seat

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Component part 1

Upholstery 70% connected

The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.

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Synonym 20

Arse 92% connected

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

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Ass 92% connected

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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Backside 92% connected

The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

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Behind 92% connected

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

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Bottom 92% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

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Bum 92% connected

The buttock.

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Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

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Can 92% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Fundament 92% connected

Foundation.

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Induct 92% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

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Invest 92% connected

To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

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Nates 92% connected

The buttocks.

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Place 92% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Posterior 92% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Rear 92% connected

Early; soon.

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Rump 92% connected

The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

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Sit 92% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Stern 92% connected

The black tern.

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Tail 92% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tush 92% connected

An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

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