| across |
If something is across from you, it is on the other side of something from you. When someone sits across from you at the table, it means that they sit on the other side of the table. [1/5 definitions] |
| awhile |
If you want to sit awhile, you want to sit for a short time. If you wait awhile before you answer the door, you don't answer it right away. You wait for a little bit. |
| balcony |
A balcony is something attached to the outside of a building but high off the ground. It is a place to stand or sit in the open air. You enter a balcony through a door in an upstairs room of the building. [2 definitions] |
| bar1 |
A bar is a place where adults sometimes have drinks such as beer or wine. In a bar, there is a long counter where people can sit and get drinks. A bar also serves snacks and sometimes other simple foods. Other types of places with a counter sometimes use the word bar in their name. You can get snacks at a snack bar or ice cream at a dairy bar, for example. [1/6 definitions] |
| bath |
When you take a bath, you sit in a tub of water and wash yourself. [1/3 definitions] |
| bathe |
When you bathe, you sit in water and wash yourself or just relax. [1/3 definitions] |
| bathtub |
A bathtub is something that you sit in to wash your whole body. You fill it with water and then you get into it to wash yourself. |
| bent1 |
When something is bent, it is not straight. When you sit in a chair, your legs are bent. [1/2 definitions] |
| bicycle |
A bicycle is something you ride. It has two wheels, one behind the other. You sit on a small seat and push something called pedals with your feet to make the wheels move. [1/2 definitions] |
| bottom |
Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on. [1/4 definitions] |
| box1 |
a section of a theater in which a small group of people sit to watch the show. [1/5 definitions] |
| brood |
to sit on eggs in order to hatch them. [1/4 definitions] |
| café |
A café is a kind of restaurant that serves simple meals. It is usually small, and it is a place where you can feel relaxed. Cafés are especially popular as places for breakfast and lunch. Some adults just like to sit in a cafe and drink coffee and eat a pastry. |
| campfire |
A campfire is a fire that people make when they are camping. They use the campfire for cooking or for keeping warm as they sit around it. |
| carpet |
A carpet is something people use to cover a floor. A carpet is often made of thick wool or something like wool that is woven together. A carpet makes a floor comfortable to walk on or sit on. [1/2 definitions] |
| carriage |
A carriage is something set on wheels that people can sit inside and use to travel from place to place. A carriage has no engine, and it has to be pulled or pushed to make it move. Before people used cars, they often rode in carriages pulled by horses. |
| chair |
a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. A chair has four legs, a back, and sometimes arms. [1/2 definitions] |
| circle |
A circle is anything that is shaped like a circle. Sometimes people make a circle when they sit in a group. [1/4 definitions] |
| couch |
a piece of indoor furniture made for a number of people to sit on at the same time; sofa. |
| counter1 |
a long, high table. People sit on stools or stand at a counter to eat, prepare food, or do business. [1/2 definitions] |
| cushion |
A cushion is something you can often find on a chair or couch. It is something that you can sit on or lean against to be comfortable. A cushion is a fabric container filled with soft material and sewn together around the edges. It is similar to a pillow, but it is usually more firm. [1/2 definitions] |