sitter – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
sitter
n.
person or thing that sits; bird that sits on eggs in order to hatch them; babysitter, one who supervises children while their parents are away; model, one who poses for an artist; easy task
Sitter
Sitter may refer to:
- Babysitter, one who temporarily cares for a child
- Trip sitter, onen who remains sober while another person is under the influence of a drug
- Companion (caregiving), one who is hired to work with a patient
- Sitter (BEAM), a type of robot that does not move
- The Sitter (1991 film), starring Kim Myers
- The Sitter (2007 film) or While the Children Sleep, starring Mariana Klaveno
- The Sitter, a 2011 film starring Jonah Hill
- Sitter (river), a river, which flows through the cantons of both Appenzells, St. Gallen, Thurgau, and Zurich in Switzerland
- Sitters, a municipality in Germany
- Sitter, one who sits as the subject of a portrait painting
Sitter
Noun
1. Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
(synonym) Willem de Sitter
(hypernym) astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
sitter
Noun
1. an organism (person or animal) that sits
(antonym) stander
(hypernym) organism, being
(classification) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
2. a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
(synonym) babysitter, baby-sitter
(hypernym) keeper
(derivation) baby-sit, sit
3. a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
(synonym) artist's model
(hypernym) model, poser
(derivation) model, pose, sit, posture
4. a domestic hen ready to brood
(synonym) brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen
(hypernym) hen, biddy
Sitter
(n.)
One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
(n.)
A bird that sits or incubates.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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