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sit·ting  (stng)

n.

1. The act or position of one that sits.

2. A period during which one is seated and occupied with a single activity, such as posing for a portrait or reading a book.

3. A session, as of a legislature or court.

4.

a. An act, condition, or period of brooding on eggs by a bird; incubation.

b. The number of eggs under a brooding bird; a clutch.

adj.

1. Incubating a nest of eggs: a sitting hen.

2. Occupying an official position; incumbent.

3.

a. Of or for sitting: a sitting posture; a sitting area in a bus station.

b. Done or executed while sitting.

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sitting [ˈsɪtɪŋ]

n

1. a continuous period of being seated I read his novel at one sitting

2. (Cookery) such a period in a restaurant, canteen, etc., where space and other facilities are limited dinner will be served in two sittings

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the act or period of posing for one's portrait to be painted, carved, etc.

4. (Law / Parliamentary Procedure) a meeting, esp of an official body, to conduct business

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the incubation period of a bird's eggs during which the mother sits on them to keep them warm

adj

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) in office a sitting Member of Parliament

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of a hen) brooding eggs

3. seated in a sitting position

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Sitting the meeting together of a body of persons authorised to transact business; the number of eggs covered by a fowl in a single brood; a number of people taking a meal or sitting examination at a certain time.

Examples: sitting of a commission; of a judicial court; of eggs, 1854; of parliament, 1700.

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Sitting 

See Also: BEARING, IMMOBILITY

1. Carefully lowered himself into the chair like someone entering a steaming hot bath —Andrew Kaplan
2. Grandly sitting like a great rock —John Ashbery
3. Hit his chair like a large rock —Rita Mae Brown
4. Hunkered down on our haunches like Indians —Stephen King
5. Just sits there … like a sick cat —Niven Busch
6. Perched [on a stool] like a night owl —Jonathan Valin
7. [Eight matrons] perched like pigeons around two identical card tables —Leigh Allison Wilson
8. Sank back [into chair] … like a weighted diver into water —Richard Moran

   The diver comparison is particularly apt within the context of Moran’s novel, Cold Sea Rising, with its many ocean scenes.

9. Sank into a chair like a stone sinking into water —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker
10. Sat as still as a bird sleeping on a limb —James Crumley
11. Sat bolt upright, like a character in a work of cheap fiction —Peter De Vries
12. Sat down heavily, like a farmer getting ready for Sunday dinner —Harvey Swados
13. Sat like a bronze figure —William Brammer

    The variations on sitting, standing or being “Still as a statue” are virtually limitless.

14. Sat like a humped stone —Flannery O’Connor
15. Sat like a lump of lead —Erich Maria Remarque
16. Sat like granite —Walter Stone
17. Sat like half-folded shirts, arms out of the way and knees close together —Mary Ward Brown
18. Sat [silently] like someone who can’t remember the punch-line —William Mcllvanney
19. Sat like some portent against the skies of the evening —E. M. Forster
20. Sat like wood —Leslie Thomas
21. Sat silent, motionless, like guests waiting to be welcomed —Helen Hudson
22. Sat stiff as a cockroach, waiting to spring to life —Miles Gibson
23. Sat stolidly, like an egg flattened on its bottom —David Ignatow
24. Sat there like a mountain —Eudora Welty
25. Sat up abruptly like a clockwork figure released by a spring —Joyce Cary
26. Sat up and crossed his legs like a tailor. Like a tailor with no needle —Sterling Hayden
27. Sat up as if she’d been shot from a cannon —Jonathan Valin
28. Sat up —like a soldier at reveille —Jonathan Valin
29. Sat up like Lazarus —Ray Bradbury
30. She is dumped on the seat like a barrel of ashes —Malcolm Cowley
31. Sitting [on the floor] like a sack —Ivan Turgenev
32. Sit like a frog on a chopping block —John Ray’s Proverbs
33. Sit like an umbrella —Bertold Brecht
34. Sit like fixed candlesticks —William Shakespeare
35. Stood there like a mannequin —T. Coraghessan Boyle
36. Sit silent and still as if they were in a photograph, slightly out of focus —George Garrett
37. Sits like a pile of dough —Lee Smith
38. Sits quietly with her hands in her lap, like a pregnant woman being driven to the delivery rooom —Alice McDermott
39. Sits up high like a job applicant —Richard Ford
40. Sitting like somebody found at Pompeii —William Mcllvanney
41. Sitting motionless … like a mother who affects not to notice the rude or awkward conduct of her children —Marcel Proust
42. (She straightened up,) sitting stiff and small, like a small mast against a storm —Elizabeth Spencer
43. Sitting there pop-eyed as a ventriloquist’s dummy —Antonia White
44. You sit with your head like a carving in space —Wallace Stevens

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sitting - (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" posing movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
	2.	sitting - the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
	3.	sitting - a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" seance, session spirit rapping, table rapping, table tapping - alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead table lifting, table tilting, table tipping, table turning - manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits get together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"
	4.	sitting - a session as of a legislature or court session - a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature"
Adj.	1.	sitting - (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated" seated
	2.	sitting - not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target" nonmoving, unmoving - not in motion

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sitting

noun

1. session, period Dinner was in two sittings.

2. meeting, hearing, session, congress, consultation, get-together (informal) the recent emergency sittings

Translations

sitting [ˈsɪtɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= session) (Pol, Art etc) → sesión f; (in canteen) → turno m
second sitting for lunch → segundo turno de comedor
to eat it all at one sitting → comérselo todo de una sentada
to read a book in one sitting → leer un libro de un tirón

2. (Zool) [of eggs] → nidada f

B. ADJ (also sitting down) → sentado
a sitting bird → una ave que está posada or inmóvil
a sitting hen → una gallina clueca

C. CPD sitting duck N (fig) → blanco m facilísimo
sitting member N → miembro mf actual or en funciones
sitting room N (= living room) → sala f, cuarto m de estar, salón m, living m (LAm); (= space) sitting and standing room → sitio m para sentarse y para estar de pie
sitting tenant N → inquilino/a m/f en posesión

sitting [ˈsɪtɪŋ]

n

[assembly, court, parliament] → séance f

(in canteen) → service m

adj

[position] → assis(e)

(= incumbent) [president] → en exercice
sitting duck n → cible f facile
sitting member n [parliament] → parlementaire mf en exercice
sitting room n (British) → salon m
sitting target n → cible f facile
sitting tenant n (British) → locataire mf en place

sitting

adj → sitzend; bird → brütend; conference → tagend, in Sitzung; to be in a sitting position → aufsitzen; to get into a sitting position → sich aufsetzen; there is sitting room only → es gibt nur Sitzplätze

n (of committee, parliament, for portrait) → Sitzung f; they have two sittings for lunch → sie servieren das Mittagessen in zwei Schüben; the first sitting for lunch is at 12 o’clock → die erste Mittagessenzeit ist um 12 Uhr; at one or a single sitting (fig) → auf einmal

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sitting:

sitting duck

n (fig) → leichte Beute

sitting member

n (Brit Parl) → (derzeitiger) Abgeordneter, (derzeitige) Abgeordnete

sitting room

n (esp Brit) (= lounge) → Wohnzimmer nt; (in guest house etc) → Aufenthaltsraum m

sitting target

n (lit, fig) → leichte Beute

sitting tenant

n (Brit) → (derzeitiger) Mieter, (derzeitige) Mieterin

sitting [ˈsɪtɪŋ]

1. n (of assembly, Parliament) → seduta; (in canteen) → turno; (for portrait) → seduta (di posa)

2. adj in a sitting position → seduto/a