| 1. | something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits. |
| 2. | the part of a chair, sofa, or the like, on which one sits. |
| 3. | the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks. |
| 4. | the part of the garment covering it: the seat of one's pants. |
| 5. | a manner of or posture used in sitting, as on a horse. |
| 6. | something on which the base of an object rests. |
| 7. | the base itself. |
| 8. | a place in which something belongs, occurs, or is established; site; location. |
| 9. | a place in which administrative power or the like is centered: the seat of the government. |
| 10. | a part of the body considered as the place in which an emotion or function is centered: The heart is the seat of passion. |
| 11. | the office or authority of a king, bishop, etc.: the episcopal seat. |
| 12. | a space in which a spectator or patron may sit; accommodation for sitting, as in a theater or stadium. |
| 13. | right of admittance to such a space, esp. as indicated by a ticket. |
| 14. | a right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body: to hold a seat in the senate. |
| 15. | a right to the privileges of membership in a stock exchange or the like. |
| 16. | to place on a seat or seats; cause to sit down. |
| 17. | to usher to a seat or find a seat for: to be seated in the front row. |
| 18. | to have seats for; accommodate with seats: a theater that seats 1200 people. |
| 19. | to put a seat on or into (a chair, garment, etc.). |
| 20. | to install in a position or office of authority, in a legislative body, etc. |
| 21. | to fit (a valve) with a seat. |
| 22. | to attach to or place firmly in or on something as a base: Seat the telescope on the tripod. |
| 23. | (of a cap, valve, etc.) to be closed or in proper position: Be sure that the cap of the dipstick seats. |
| 24. | by the seat of one's pants, using experience, instinct, or guesswork. |

seat (sēt) n.
v. tr.
To rest on or fit into another part: The O-rings had not seated correctly in their grooves. [Middle English sete, probably from Old Norse sæti; see sed- in Indo-European roots.] |
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