sitting: meaning and definitions

The act or position of one that sits.

A period during which one is seated and occupied with a single activity, such as posing for a portrait or reading a book.

A session, as of a legislature or court.

An act, condition, or period of brooding on eggs by a bird; incubation.

The number of eggs under a brooding bird; a clutch.

Incubating a nest of eggs: a sitting hen.

Occupying an official position; incumbent.

Of or for sitting: a sitting posture; a sitting area in a bus station.

Done or executed while sitting.