Seat Definition–noun | 1. | something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits. | | 2. | the part of a chair, sofa, or the like, on which one sits. | | 3. | the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks. | | 4. | the part of the garment covering it: the seat of one's pants. | | 5. | a manner of or posture used in sitting, as on a horse. | | 6. | something on which the base of an object rests. | | 8. | a place in which something belongs, occurs, or is established; site; location. | | 9. | a place in which administrative power or the like is center
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ed: the seat of the government. | | 10. | a part of the body considered as the place in which an emotion or function is centered: The heart is the seat of passion. | | 11. | the office or authority of a king, bishop, etc.: the episcopal seat. | | 12. | a space in which a spectator or patron may sit; accommodation for sitting, as in a theater or stadium. | | 13. | right of admittance to such a space, esp. as indicated by a ticket. | | 14. | a right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body: to hold a seat in the senate. | | 15. | a right to the privileges of membership in a stock exchange or the like. | –verb (used with object) | 16. | to place on a seat or seats; cause to sit down. | | 17. | to usher to a seat or find a seat for: to be seated in the front row. | | 18. | to have seats for; accommodate with seats: a theater that seats 1200 people. | | 19. | to put a seat on or into (a chair, garment, etc.). | | 20. | to install in a position or office of authority, in a legislative body, etc. | | 21. | to fit (a valve) with a seat. |
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| 22. | to attach to or place firmly in or on something as a base: Seat the telescope on the tripod. | –verb (used without object) | 23. | (of a cap, valve, etc.) to be closed or in proper position: Be sure that the cap of the dipstick seats. | —Idiom | 24. | by the seat of one's pants, using experience, instinct, or guesswork. | |
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Cushion Definition–noun | 1. | a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie. |
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| 2. | anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent excessive pressure or chafing. | | 3. | something to absorb or counteract a shock, jar, or jolt, as a body of air or steam. | | 4. | something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like: His inheritance was a cushion against unemployment. | | 5. | Anatomy, Zoology. any part or structure resembling a cushion. | | 6. | the resilient raised rim encircling the top of a billiard table. | | 7. | a pad worn under the hair by women. | | 8. | a portion of a radio or television script that can be adjusted in length or cut out altogether in order to end the program on time. | | 9. | Ice Hockey, Canadian. the iced surface of a rink. | | 10. | a pillow used in lacemaking. | | 11. | a leather pad on which gold leaf is placed preparatory to gilding. | –verb (used with object) | 12. | to place on or support by a cushion. | | 13. | to furnish with a cushion or cushions. | | 14. | to cover or conceal with, or as if with, a cushion. | | 15. | to lessen or soften the effects of: to cushion the blow to his pride. | | 16. | to suppress (c
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omplaints, lamentations, etc.) by quietly ignoring. | | 17. | to check the motion of (a piston or the like) by a cushion, as of steam. | | 18. | to form (steam or the like) into a cushion. | |
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