Associations to the word «Seat»

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Wiktionary

SEAT, noun. Something to be sat upon.
SEAT, noun. A place in which to sit.
SEAT, noun. The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
SEAT, noun. A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
SEAT, noun. The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
SEAT, noun. The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
SEAT, noun. (engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
SEAT, noun. A location or site.
SEAT, noun. (figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
SEAT, noun. The location of a governing body.
SEAT, noun. (certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
SEAT, noun. The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated or resides; a site.
SEAT, noun. The starting point of a fire.
SEAT, noun. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
SEAT, verb. (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
SEAT, verb. (transitive) To provide with places to sit.
SEAT, verb. (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
SEAT, verb. (transitive) (legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
SEAT, verb. (transitive) To assign the seats of.
SEAT, verb. (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
SEAT, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To rest; to lie down.
SEAT, verb. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
SEAT, verb. To put a seat or bottom in.
SEAT, noun. (US) (aviation) (firefighting) (acronym) Single engine air tanker.
SEAT, noun. Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo, a Spanish automobile manufacturer.
SEAT BELT, noun. A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat which is fastened around passengers and which is intended to keep an occupant in place so as to avoid injuries in accidents where the occupant could be thrown against a solid object.
SEAT BELTS, noun. Plural of seat belt
SEAT CUSHION, noun. Something you can sit on.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, noun. The location that is the centre of authority to govern; usually the capital city of an area.
SEAT ONLY, noun. (travel) (UK) (Ireland) (dated) A package holiday rate without confirmed accommodation reservations, or using a dummy reservation, enabling the tour operator to sell charter airline seats in competition with the airlines.
SEAT SALE, noun. (Canadian) (British) A sale of reduced-price airline tickets.

Dictionary definition

SEAT, noun. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place".
SEAT, noun. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?".
SEAT, noun. Furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests".
SEAT, noun. Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down".
SEAT, noun. A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised).
SEAT, noun. The location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based; "the brain is said to be the seat of reason".
SEAT, noun. The legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body; "he was elected to a seat in the Senate".
SEAT, noun. A part of a machine that supports or guides another part.
SEAT, noun. The cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through".
SEAT, verb. Show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith".
SEAT, verb. Be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000".
SEAT, verb. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy".
SEAT, verb. Put a seat on a chair.
SEAT, verb. Provide with seats; "seat a concert hall".
SEAT, verb. Place or attach firmly in or on a base; "seat the camera on the tripod".
SEAT, verb. Place in or on a seat; "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair".

Wise words

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