seat

1. (verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for: "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"
Synonyms: sit, sit down
Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, reseat, set

2. (verb) provide with seats, as of a concert hall, for example
Related Words: furnish, provide, render, reseat, supply

3. (verb) put a seat on a chair
Related Words: furnish, provide, render, reseat, supply

4. (verb) be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000"
Related Words: contain, hold, take

5. (noun) 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"
Related Words: backbench, backseat, balloon seat, bell seat, bicycle seat, boatswain's chair, bosun's chair, bucket seat, capsule, car seat, cockpit, crossbench, ejection seat, ejector seat, frontbench, howdah, jump seat, pillion, plane seat, rumble, rumble seat, saddle, shooting stick, sliding seat, support

6. (noun) furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
Related Words: Siege Perilous, article of furniture, banch, bench, box, box seat, chair, couch, furniture, hassock, lounge, ottoman, piece of furniture, pouf, pouffe, sofa, stool, toilet seat

7. (noun) the cloth that covers the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through"
Related Words: cloth covering

8. (noun) 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"
Synonyms: place
Related Words: perch, space

9. (noun) a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
Related Words: La Paz, capital, city, county courthouse, county seat, county town, shire town

10. (verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "We were inducted into the honor society"
Synonyms: induct, invest
Related Words: install

11. (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
Related Words: body part



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