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SAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Sat" is a kind of...):
weekday (any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday))
Holonyms ("Sat" is a part of...):
weekend (a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb sit
Context examples:
For some time I sat upon the rock that overlooks the sea of ice.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He sat a little while in doubt.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
He sat slowly down, blew out his chest, passed his hand caressingly down his beard, and looked with drooping eyelids and supercilious eyes at the crowded hall before him.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It came to us yesterday, as we sat together in this study.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"It's the best we've had yet," said Meg, as the dead villain sat up and rubbed his elbows.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“The glass still keeps very high,” he remarked as he sat down.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
After throwing down your paper, which was the action which drew my attention to you, you sat for half a minute with a vacant expression.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Edith and Hans sat at each end of the table.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
She sat down on the ground near me, embraced her knees with her arms, and rested her head upon them; in that attitude she remained silent as an Indian.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
When I had written my two letters I sat quiet, reading a book whilst the Count wrote several notes, referring as he wrote them to some books on his table.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
