sat

• assemble
• awaited
• be in session
• be seated
• bear on
• bore
• brooded
• come together
• commanded
• convene
• cover
• deliberate
• dwelled
• dwelt
• ensconce
• ensconced
• give feet a rest
• grab a chair
• hatched
• have a place
• have a seat
• hold an assembly
• hung around
• hunker
• incubated
• install
• laid
• lay
• lie
• lounged
• meet
• officiate
• open
• overlooked
• park
• perch
• perched
• placed
• plop down
• pose
• posted
• posture
• preside
• put
• put it there
• reclined
• relax
• remain
• remained
• reposed
• resided
• rest
• rested
• seat
• seat oneself
• seated
• set
• set down
• settle
• settled
• slouched
• spawned
• sprawled
• squat
• squatted
• stationed
• stayed
• stood
• straddled
• stuck around
• take a load off
• take a place
• take a seat
• tarried
• waited
• was

• arose
• cancel
• depart
• divide
• follow
• got up
• move
• rose
• separate
• stand
• stood
• straighten

• verb
  1. (of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
  2. (of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
  3. (of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.
  4. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
  5. To be a member of a deliberative body.
  6. Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
  7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
  8. To be adjusted; to fit.
  9. (of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
  10. (causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
  11. To accommodate in seats; to seat.
  12. To babysit.
  13. To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
  14. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
  15. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
  16. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
• noun
  1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
  2. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
  3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
  4. An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
  5. Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.
  6. (grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".

• She sat quietly in the corner, reading her book.
• The dog sat patiently waiting for its owner to return.
• We sat by the window, watching the rain pour down outside.
• He sat down at the table and began to write his notes.
• They sat together on the porch, enjoying the sunset.

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