The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like. [1913 Webster]
"And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves." [1913 Webster]

The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation. [1913 Webster]
"Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is." [1913 Webster]

"He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison." [1913 Webster]

"A seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity." [1913 Webster]

That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons. [1913 Webster]

A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house. [1913 Webster]

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. [1913 Webster]
"She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount." [1913 Webster]

A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. [1913 Webster]

Seat worm (Zoöl.), the pinworm.

seat, v. t.

To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self. [1913 Webster]
"The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate." [1913 Webster]

To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. [1913 Webster]
"Thus high . . . is King Richard seated." [1913 Webster]

"They had seated themselves in New Guiana." [1913 Webster]

To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church. [1913 Webster]

To fix; to set firm. [1913 Webster]
"From their foundations, loosening to and fro,
They plucked the seated hills." [1913 Webster]

To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. W. Stith. [1913 Webster]

To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair. [1913 Webster]

seat, v. i.

To rest; to lie down. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

seat, n. & v.
--n.
1 a thing made or used for sitting on; a chair, stool, saddle, etc.
2 the buttocks.
3 the part of the trousers etc. covering the buttocks.
4 the part of a chair etc. on which the sitter's weight directly rests.
5 a place for one person in a theatre, vehicle, etc.
6 the occupation of a seat.
7 esp. Brit. a the right to occupy a seat, esp. as a Member of the House of Commons. b a member's constituency.
8 the part of a machine that supports or guides another part.
9 a site or location of something specified (a seat of learning; the seat of the emotions).
10 a country mansion, esp. with large grounds.
11 the manner of sitting on a horse etc.
--v.tr.
1 cause to sit.
2 a provide sitting accommodation for (the cinema seats 500). b provide with seats.
3 (as seated adj.) sitting.
4 put or fit in position.

Idiom

be seated sit down. by the seat of one's pants colloq. by instinct rather than logic or knowledge. seat-belt a belt securing a person in the seat of a car or aircraft. take a (or one's) seat sit down.

Derivative

seatless adj.

Etymology

ME f. ON s{aelig}ti (= OE gesete f. Gmc)

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THESAURUS

seat
CP, Eames chair, GHQ, HQ, Hitchcock chair, TV chair, abiding place, abode, accommodate, address, angle, armchair, armless chair, arse, ass, back seat, backside, banquette, bar stool, barber chair, barrel chair, base, base of operations, basement, basis, basket chair, batwing chair, beam, bearing wall, bed, bed chair, bedding, bedrock, behind, bench, bicycle seat, bottom, boudoir chair, bow-back chair, bucket seat, build, build in, bum, butt, buttocks, camp chair, campaign chair, can, cantonment, capital, capital city, center of authority, central administration, central office, central station, chair, club chair, club lounge chair, comb-back chair, command post, company headquarters, confirm, contain, contour chair, county seat, county site, county town, cradle, crash pad, crib, cricket, cricket chair, curule chair, dais, deep-dye, define, derriere, dining chair, distance, domicile, domus, draft chair, duff, dwelling, dwelling place, easy chair, elbowchair, embed, engraft, engrave, ensconce, enthrone, entrench, establish, estate, etch, fan-back chair, fanny, fauteuil, fender stool, fix, floor, flooring, focal point, focus, folding chair, foldstool, fond, footing, form, found, foundation, fundament, fundamental, garden chair, general headquarters, ground, grounds, groundwork, habitation, hardpan, hassock, headquarters, heart, helm, high chair, hindquarters, hold, home, horse, hub, impact, implant, impress, imprint, incumbency, infix, ingrain, inscribe, install, instate, invest, jam, ladder-back chair, lay, lay the foundation, lodge, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, main office, mansion, membership, milking stool, nerve, nest, ottoman, overstuffed chair, pack, pad, park, pavement, perspective, pew, pitch, place, place to live, plant, platform rocker, pose, posit, position, post, posterior, principle, print, put, put in, put up, radical, rear end, residence, riprap, rock bottom, rocker, rocking chair, roof, root, rudiment, rump, saddle, seat of government, seat of power, seat of state, seating, sedan chair, set, set in, set up, settee, settle, shire town, sill, sit, site, sofa, solid ground, solid rock, stamp, stand, standing, station, status, step stool, stereobate, stereotype, stick, stool, stylobate, submit, substratum, substruction, substructure, swear in, swing, taboret, tail, terra firma, throne, tush, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underpinning, understruction, understructure, venue, vest, viewpoint, wedge, woolsack

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ROGET THESAURUS

seat

Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.

Location
VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.

Abode
N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.

Support
N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.

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