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Slouched vs Sat - What's the difference?

slouched | sat |

As a verb slouched

is (slouch).

As a noun sat is

clothing.

slouched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (slouch)

    • slouch

    English

    Noun

  • A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
    • He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch .
  • any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
    • The plant hung in a permanent slouch .
  • someone who is slow to act
  • * 2014 , Ian Jack, " Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
    • In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress.
  • (dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

    • Derived terms

    * slouch hat

    Verb

  • To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
    • Do not slouch when playing a flute.
  • To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
    • I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.

    References

    sat

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sit)
    • I sat in the middle of the park.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Satellite.

    • Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), , (l), (l) English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms ----