sit up

Etymology: [ 'sit ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan; akin to Old High German sizzen to sit, Latin sedEre, Greek hezesthai to sit, hedra seat.

English - Turkish translation for "sit up"

• sit up: uyanık kalmak
• sit up: doğrulmak
• sit up: doğrularak oturmak
• sit up: dik oturmak
• sit up: arka ayakları üzerinde kalkmak
• sit up: ilgi göstermek deyim
• sit up: uyumamak
• sit up: geç vakte kadar yatmamak deyim
• sit up: dik otur
• sit up: (gece) yatmamak; for (gece) yatmayıp (birini) beklemek: Don't sit up for me! Beni bekleme!
• sit up: mekik Spor
• sit s.o. up: yatan birini oturtmak
• sit up for: beklemek (gece yatmayıp)
• sit up for: gece boyu beklemek

English - English translation for "sit up"

• sit up: To sit erect - "Sit up straight, mister!"
• sit up: To show interest or surprise - "He sat up when we mentioned the increased pay package."
• sit up: To rise
• sit up: To assume a sitting position from a position lying down - "She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room. She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door."
• sit up: Alternative spelling of sit-up; alternative spelling of situp
• sit up: If you sit up, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down. Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up
• sit up: If you sit someone up, you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lying down. She sat him up and made him comfortable
• sit up: If you sit up, you do not go to bed although it is very late. We sat up drinking and talking = stay up see also sit-up
• sit up: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed
• sit up: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"
• sit up: sit in an upright position; sit; stay awake late; be amazed
• sit up: not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"
• sit up: An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position - "Susan's doing sit-ups to stengthen her muscles."
• sit up: An stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage
• sit up: sit-up sit-ups in AM, also use situp Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve sitting up from a lying position while keeping your legs straight on the floor