seat

n

1. chair, couch, sofa, bench, settle, stool, hassock; bleacher, grandstand seat, pew, box, loge, stall; cushion, pillow, squab, Oriental. musnud; saddle. See also bench, chair, sofa, stool.

2. throne, cathedra, seat of authority, seat of state; office, authority, status, power, position, Brit. berth, right, role, situation, station, commission, mission.

3. rump, buttocks, posterior, fundament, hindquarters, bottom, derrtere, Inf. fanny, Inf. rear end, Brit. Inf. bum, Inf. backside, Inf. behind, Inf. butt, Sl. ass, Brit. Sl. arse, Sl. tail. See buttocks.

4. site, location, whereabouts, locale, region; habitat, habitation, residence, lodging place, domicile; roost, nest, perch, spit, quarters, headquarters; source, origin, root, cause, origination, genesis; fountainhead, cradle, matrix.

5. foundation, base, pedestal, stand, post, footing, bed, foot, substructure.

v

6. situate, place, put, deposit, usher, escort, lead, conduct, guide, direct.

7. accommodate, hold, contain, have room for, have capacity for.

8. install, invest, instate, induct, initiate, establish; chair; anoint, enthrone, crown, Rare. coronate; ordain, Obs. ordinate; swear in, inaugurate.

9.(of oneself) sit down, take a seat, perch on, roost on, plop down or into [s.t.]Inf. take a load off one's feet.