Definition of sitting

• p. pr. & vb. n. - of Sit
• a. - Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
• n. - The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
• n. - A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
• n. - The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
• n. - 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.
• n. - The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
• n. - A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.