Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To close tight upon its seat: said of a lifting-valve, which may be actuated mechanically from without or be self-acting by the variation of pressure within the passages which it controls.
  • noun A place or thing on which to sit; a bench, stool, chair, throne, or the like.
  • noun That part of a thing on which one sits, or on which another part or thing rests, or by which it is supported: as, the seat of a chair; the seats in a wagon; the seat of a valve.
  • noun That part of the body on which one sits; the breech, buttocks, or fundament; technically, the gluteal region.
  • noun That part of a garment which covers the breech: as, the seat of a pair of trousers.
  • noun Site; situation; location: as, the seat of Eden; the seat of a tumor, or of a disease.
  • noun Abode; place of abode or residence; specifically, a mansion: as, a family seat; a country-seat.
  • noun Regular or appropriate place, as of rest, activity, etc.; the place where anything is settled, fixed, or established, or is carried on or flourishes; the matter in which any form inheres: as, the seat of war; a seat of learning or of commerce.
  • noun A right to sit.
  • noun Method or posture of sitting, as on horseback; hold in sitting: as, to have a firm seat in the saddle.
  • noun A clutch or sitting (of eggs).
  • noun A place or situation in a shoemaking establishment: as, a seat of work; a seat of stuff (that is, an engagement to make stuff shoes).
  • noun Same as seat-earth.
  • To place on a seat; cause to sit down: as, to seat one's guests: often used reflexively: as, to seat one's self at table.
  • To furnish or fit up with seats: as, to seat a church for a thousand persons.
  • To repair by renewing or mending the seat: as, to seat a chair or a garment.
  • To afford sitting accommodation for; accommodate with seats or sittings: as, a room that seats four hundred.
  • To fix; set firm.
  • To locate; settle; place definitely as in a permanent abode or dwelling-place; fix: often reflexively.
  • In mech., to fix in proper place, as on a bed or support; cause to lie truly on such support; fit accurately.
  • To settle; plant with inhabitants: as, to seat a country.
  • To fix or take up abode; settle down permanently; establish a residence.
  • To rest; lie down.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun 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.
  • noun The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
  • noun That part of a thing on which a person sits.
  • noun A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting.
  • noun Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
  • noun (Mach.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
  • noun (Zoöl.) the pinworm.
  • intransitive verb obsolete To rest; to lie down.
  • transitive verb To place on a seat; to cause to sit down.
  • transitive verb To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
  • transitive verb To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to.
  • transitive verb To fix; to set firm.
  • transitive verb obsolete To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
  • transitive verb To put a seat or bottom in.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun furniture that is designed for sitting on
  • noun the cloth covering for the buttocks
  • verb put a seat on a chair
  • verb provide with seats
  • verb place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
  • noun a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
  • verb be able to seat
  • noun a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
  • noun the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
  • noun a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
  • verb place in or on a seat
  • verb place or attach firmly in or on a base
  • noun the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body

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Examples

  • Oliveras, an Airman 1st Class who lives on McGuire Air Force Base in Fort Dix, N.J., paid $20 for his seat in Section 202, Row 7, Seat 24.

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  • ANDERSON - Matt Harbin became the last person to register to run for the Anderson City Council's open at-large seat, Seat 7, making it the only contested seat for the city council's April election.

    Anderson Independent Mail Stories 2010

  • I was in partial view orchestra seat Row F, Seat 20 ... excellent seat for the price you see just about everything except one wall of the dance hall (where no action really takes place, it's all centered) and some of the back wall (the miner's flag).

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • I was in partial view orchestra seat Row F, Seat 20 ... excellent seat for the price you see just about everything except one wall of the dance hall (where no action really takes place, it's all centered) and some of the back wall (the miner's flag).

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • On my way to my seat in Section 1, Seat 88, reserved for Black Enterprise, I pass black corporate leaders like Leonard James of Exxon / Mobil, business leaders including Ariel Capital Management CEO John Rogers, and entertainment super-couple Shawn "Jay Z" Carter and Beyonce Knowles.

    BLACK ENTERPRISE 2009

  • Conceptually, the Cinch Seat is fantastic, and I love the idea of making kids 'furniture and gadgets out of simple materials with an eye for good design.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • This Teak Corner Shower Seat is a great looking accent for your bathroom and is ideal for use in and out your shower stall giving you the versatility to seat and wash or use it has - 1/4″ pilot holes must be drilled [...] [...] on December 23, 2008 at 3: 10 pm | Reply ChrisC

    It Can’t Be……….. But It Is! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • I even told the guy in Seat 9B that I was getting really lucky with my seat assignments and that "I had good seat karma."

    Non-Stop, Direct or just Not? Anne-Marie 2008

  • I might be in Seat­tle dur­ing the sum­mer, Rex, & will keep you posted.

    Knew He’d Be There « Snarkmarket 2006

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