Sit vs Lie - What's the difference?
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(of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs (especially the upper legs) are supported by some object.
(of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
(of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
* Bible, Numbers xxxii. 6
* Shakespeare
(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
(legal, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
* Jeremy Taylor
To be adjusted; to fit.
* Shakespeare
(of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
* 1874 , , (w), XX
To accommodate in seats; to seat.
shortened form of babysit.
(US) To babysit
(transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
* Bible, Jer. xvii. 11
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
* Selden
* Sir Walter Scott
(rare, Buddhism) an event (usually one full day or more) where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
(label) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* 1849 , (Henry David Thoreau), (A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers)
* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
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, title= To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; used with in .
* (Arthur Collier) (1680-1732)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
(label) To lodge; to sleep.
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(label) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
* Ch. J. Parsons
(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
To give false information intentionally.
To convey a false image or impression.
An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
Anything that misleads or disappoints.
* (rfdate) Trench:
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Verb
- After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
- I asked him to sit .
- The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
- And Moses said to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
- Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
- I currently sit on a standards committee.
- In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.
- The calamity sits heavy on us.
- Your new coat sits well.
- This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think.
- How will this new contract sit with the workers?
- I don’t think it will sit well.
- The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
- Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
- The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
- I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft
- I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
- I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
- The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
- I'm sitting for a painter this evening.
- like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits
- Sits the wind in that quarter?
Conjugation
* An obsolete form of the simple past is (m) and of the past participle is (m).Entryabout past simple sate in Webster's dictionary
Quotations
* (English Citations of "sit")Synonyms
* (be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported) be seated * (move oneself into such a position) be seated, sit down (from a standing position), sit up (from a prone position), take a seat * be, be found, be situated * (be a member of a deliberative body) * (be accepted) be accepted, be welcomed, be well received * (to accommodate in seats) seatDerived terms
* sit around * sit back * sit by * sit down * sit for * sit idly by * sit in * sit-in * sit-inner * sit in for * sit in on * sit on * sit out * sit shivah * sit through * sit tight * sit up * sit up withSee also
* sit around * sit back * sit by * sit down * sit-in * sit on it, sit on it and rotate, sit on it and rotate till it bleeds * sit on one's hands * sit on the fence * sit out * sit pretty * sit through * sit tight * sit under * sit up * sit-uponNoun
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* (l), (l), , (l) English irregular verbs English three-letter words 1000 English basic words ----lie
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(wikipedia lie)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . As a noun for position, the .Verb
- The watchful traveller / Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.
- Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our life's curiosity doth go.
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- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
- Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.
- He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.
- While I was now trifling at home, I saw London, where I lay one night only.
- Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.
- The wind is loud and will not lie .
- An appeal lies in this case.
Derived terms
* a lie has no legs * let sleeping dogs lie * lie back * lie by * lie doggo * lie down * lie ill in one's mouth * lie in * lie-in * lie in wait * lie low * lie upon * lie with * make one's bed and lie in it * therein lies the rubNoun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
- When Pinocchio lies , his nose grows.
- If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
- While a principle-based approach might claim that lying''' is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, '''lying''' might or might not be illegal or unethical. The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to '''lie''' in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that '''lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life. (w)
- Photos often lie .
- Hips don't lie .
Derived terms
* lie through one's teethEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
- Wishing this lie of life was o'er.
