seat

Noun

• the cloth covering for the buttocks
  • the seat of his pants was worn through
    

• a part of a machine that supports or guides another part

• the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
  • he was elected to a seat in the Senate
    

• the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
  • the brain is said to be the seat of reason
    

• a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

• 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
    

• furniture that is designed for sitting on
  • there were not enough seats for all the guests
    

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt
    
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
    

• 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
    

Verb

• place in or on a seat
  • the mother seated the toddler on the high chair
    

• place or attach firmly in or on a base
  • seat the camera on the tripod
    

• provide with seats
  • seat a concert hall
    

• put a seat on a chair

• place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
  • there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
    

• be able to seat
  • The theater seats 2,000
    

• show to a seat; assign a seat for
  • The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  buttocks , place , induct , invest , sit , sit down