be sitting

Definition of be sitting in English English dictionary
sitting: the act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
sitting: a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.
sitting: {n} the act of resting on a seat, stay, sessions
sitting: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"
sitting: Allocated passenger dining time i e first (earlier) or second (later) sitting
sitting: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
sitting: Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits
sitting: executed from a sitting position
sitting: {i} act of resting on the legs and buttocks; act of being settled in a seat; seat; portrait session; incubation (of birds); eggs which are incubated by a bird; period during which a legislative body is in session
sitting: The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat
sitting: not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"
sitting: A sitting of a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body is one of the occasions when it meets in order to carry out its work. the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council. = session
sitting: a session as of a legislature or court
sitting: A sitting is one of the periods when a meal is served when there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time. Dinner was in two sittings
sitting: occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent
sitting: A meeting of the Legislative Assembly
sitting: present participle of sit
sitting: The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc
sitting: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"
sitting: a legislative session
sitting: The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc
sitting: A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls
sitting: A sitting president or member of parliament is a present one, not a future or past one. the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president. see also sit
sitting: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" a session as of a legislature or court not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target
sitting: a session as of a legislature or court not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target
sitting: A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc
sitting: as, the hall has 800 sittings
sitting: The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission
sitting: (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"