To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
to incubate.

To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
as, to sit in Congress.

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
in any position or condition.

To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; –
used impersonally.

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; – with on; as, a
weight or burden sits lightly upon him.

To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
branch, pole, etc.

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

f. oturmak. Come and sit beside me. (Gel ve yanıma otur.)

To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
trunk of the body; – said of human beings, and sometimes of other
animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.

To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.