HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| VERB | 1 | sit, sit down | Be seated |
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| 2 | sit | Sit around, often unused | |
| 3 | sit, sit down | Take a seat | |
| 4 | sit | Be in session | |
| 5 | sit, model, pose, posture | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes | |
| 6 | sit, ride | Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | |
| 7 | sit, baby-sit | Work or act as a baby-sitter | |
| 8 | sit, seat, sit down | Show to a seat |
| Sounds | sih't |
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| Rhymes | acquit, admit, affectionate, and 179 more rhymes in iht... |
| Meaning | Be seated. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | The children sit in the rocking chair; There sit some children in the rocking chair |
| Synonyms | sit down |
| Contrary | stand, stand up; lie |
| Similar to | seat, sit, sit down; sit down, sit |
| Caused by | seat, sit, sit down |
| See also | sit out; sit down |
| Narrower | lounge; sprawl; perch, roost, rest; squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down |
| Entails | sit down, sit |
| Nouns | sitting |
| Meaning | Sit around, often unused. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Broader | be |
| Meaning | Take a seat. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | sit down |
| Contrary | arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up |
| Similar to | sit, sit down |
| Broader | change posture |
| Entailed by | brood, hatch, cover, incubate; sit, sit down |
| Meaning | Be in session. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "When does the court of law sit?" |
| Broader | convene |
| Nouns | sitting |
| Meaning | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | model, pose, posture |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production |
| Broader | expose, exhibit, display |
| Narrower | ramp |
| Nouns | sitter; sitting |
| Meaning | Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | ride |
| Similar to | ride |
| Category | riding, horseback riding |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Narrower | override; ride herd; outride; ride horseback; prance; canter; gallop, extend |
| Meaning | Work or act as a baby-sitter. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "I cannot baby-sit tonight |
| Synonyms | baby-sit |
| Broader | guard |
| Nouns | sitter |
| Meaning | Show to a seat. Assign a seat for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
| Synonyms | seat, sit down |
| Similar to | sit, sit down |
| Cause to | sit, sit down |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
| Narrower | reseat |
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