seat

seat [sēt]

n.

[ME sete < ON sæti: for IE base see SIT]

1. the manner of sitting, as on horseback

2.

a) a place or space to sit, or the right to such a place, esp. as evidenced by a ticket [to buy two seats to the opera]

b) a thing to sit on; chair, bench, stool, etc.

3.

a) the buttocks

b) the part of a garment covering the buttocks

c) the part of a chair, bench, etc. that supports the buttocks

4. the right to sit as a member; position of a member; membership [a seat on the stock exchange]

5.

a) a part forming the base of something

b) a part or surface on which another part rests or fits snugly

6. the place where something is carried on, settled, established, etc.; center; location; site [the seat of government, a seat of learning]

7. a part of the body in which some power, function, quality, etc. is or is thought to be centered

8. a home or residence; esp., a large house that is part of a country estate

vt.

1. to put or set in or on a seat

2. to lead to a seat or help to settle into a seat

3. to have seats for; accommodate with seats [a hall that seats 500]

4. to put a seat in or on; patch or renew the seat of; reseat

5. to put, fix, or establish in a particular place, position of authority, etc.

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be seated

to assume a seated position; sit down: also take a seat

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by the seat of one's pants or by the seat of the pants

Slang relying on one's intuition and experience rather than on instruments or a predetermined plan