n. | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons. |
| 4. | A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house. |
| 5. | Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. |
| 6. | (Mach.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. |
v. t. | 1. | To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self. |
| 2. | To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. |
| 3. | To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church. |
| 4. | To fix; to set firm. |
| 5. | To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. |
| 6. | To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair. |
v. i. | 1. | To rest; to lie down. |
Noun | 1. | seat - 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" |
| 2. | seat - 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?"Synonyms: arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, derriere, fanny, tooshie, tush, fundament, backside, bottom, butt, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, can, bum |
| 3. | seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" |
| 4. | seat - 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" |
| 5. | seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) |
| 6. | seat - the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through" |
Verb | 1. | seat - show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" |
| 2. | seat - be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000" |
| 3. | seat - place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy" |
| 4. | seat - put a seat on a chair |
| 5. | seat - provide with seats; "seat a concert hall" |