8. seat a place in which something occurs or is established: a college as a seat of learning.
9. seat a place in which administrative power is centered: Washington is the seat of the U.S. government.
10. seat accommodation for sitting, as in a theater.
11. seat a right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body: She was elected to a seat in the Senate.
12. seat a right to the privileges of membership in a stock exchange or the like.
13. (v.t.)seat to place on a seat; cause to sit down.
14. seat to guide to a seat.
15. seat to accommodate with seats: a theater that seats 1200 people.
16. seat to put a seat on or into.
17. seat to install in a position or office of authority.
18. seat to fit (a valve) with a seat.
19. seat to attach to or place firmly in or on something as a base: Seat the telescope on the tripod.
20. (v.i.)seat to fit properly in a seat.
Definition of 'Seat'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)seat, place 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"
2. (noun)buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass 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?"
3. (noun)seat furniture that is designed for sitting on "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
4. (noun)seat 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"
5. (noun)seat a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
6. (noun)seat the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based "the brain is said to be the seat of reason"
7. (noun)seat the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body "he was elected to a seat in the Senate"
8. (noun)seat a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
9. (verb)seat the clothcovering for the buttocks "the seat of his pants was worn through"
10. (verb)seat, sit, sit down show to a seat; assign a seat for "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"
11. (verb)seat be able to seat "The theater seats 2,000"
12. (verb)induct, invest, seat place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
13. (verb)seat put a seat on a chair
14. (verb)seat provide with seats "seat a concert hall"
15. (verb)seat place or attach firmly in or on a base "seat the camera on the tripod"
16. (verb)seat place in or on a seat "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"
1. (noun)seat an object sb sits on Is this seat taken?; a bicycle seat
2. seat a place to sit on public transportation or at an event There are seats in the back of the bus.; front row seats
3. seat a position in an organization that makes laws The Democrat won the Senate seat.
4. (verb)seat to have enoughseats for a particular number of people a stadium that seats 50,000 spectators
5. seat to arrange for sb to sit in a particular place I've seated her father next to me.
Definition of 'Seat'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Seat 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
2. (noun)Seat 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
3. (noun)Seat 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