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  • 71sit-up — ► NOUN ▪ a physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles, in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage …

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  • 72sit-up|on — «SIHT uh PON, PN», noun. Slang. the buttocks …

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  • 73sit|u|at|ed — «SIHCH u AY tihd», adjective. 1. placed; located: »New York is a favorably situated city. 2. in a certain financial or social position: »The doctor was quite well situated. Usage Situated, when followed by a preposition, is often an unn …

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  • 74sit|u|la — «SIHCH u luh», noun, plural lae « lee». a deep, bucketlike vessel, vase, or urn used by the ancient Greeks and Romans. ╂[< Latin situla bucket, urn] …

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  • 75sit — ab·sit; acan·thi·sit·ti·dae; ac·ces·sit; as·sump·sit; au·to·sit·ic; cas·sit·er·ite; fi·bro·sit·ic; me·sit·y·lene; mo·noph·y·sit·ic; mo·noph·y·sit·ism; oa·sit·ic; pan·sit; par·a·sit·emia; par·a·sit·i·ci·dal; par·a·sit·i·cide; par·a·sit·i·dae;… …

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  • 76Sit-in — A sit in or sit down is a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change. A sit in is a form of nonviolent protest. ProcessIn a sit in,… …

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  • 77sit — [[t]sɪ̱t[/t]] ♦ sits, sitting, sat 1) VERB If you are sitting somewhere, for example in a chair, your bottom is resting on the chair and the upper part of your body is upright. [V prep/adv] Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen... [V… …

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  • 78sit */*/*/ — UK [sɪt] / US verb Word forms sit : present tense I/you/we/they sit he/she/it sits present participle sitting past tense sat UK [sæt] / US past participle sat 1) [intransitive] to be in a position in which the lower part of your body rests on a… …

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  • 79sit — v. & n. v. (sitting; past and past part. sat) 1 intr. adopt or be in a position in which the body is supported more or less upright by the buttocks resting on the ground or a raised seat etc., with the thighs usu. horizontal. 2 tr. cause to sit;… …

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  • 80sit — sit1 /sit/, v., sat or (Archaic) sate; sat or (Archaic) sitten; sitting. v.i. 1. to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated. 2. to be located or situated: The house sits well up on the slope …

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