Thesaurus: sitting

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Sit
2. a. Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
3. n. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
4. n. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
5. n. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
6. n. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.
7. n. The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
8. n. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
9. adj. (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
10. adj. not moving and therefore easy to attack
11. n. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
12. n. the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position