'FIT' definitions:

Definition of 'fit'

From: WordNet
adjective
Meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to" [ant: unfit]
adjective
(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: fit(p), primed(p), set(p)]
adjective
Physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise" [ant: unfit]
noun
A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption]
noun
A sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter" [syn: paroxysm, fit, convulsion]
noun
The manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat"
noun
A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning" [syn: burst, fit]
verb
Be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" [syn: suit, accommodate, fit]
verb
Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" [syn: fit, go]
verb
Satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" [syn: meet, fit, conform to]
verb
Make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"
verb
Insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment"
verb
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord]
verb
Conform to some shape or size; "How does this shirt fit?"
verb
Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" [syn: equip, fit, fit out, outfit]
verb
Make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater" [syn: match, fit]

Definition of 'Fit'

From: GCIDE
  • Fit \Fit\, n. [AS. fitt a song.] In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus. [Written also fitte, fytte, etc.] [1913 Webster]
  • To play some pleasant fit. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fit'

From: GCIDE
  • Fit \Fit\, a. [Compar. Fitter (f[i^]t"t[~e]r); superl. Fittest (f[i^]t"t[e^]st).] [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f[=e]tjan to adorn. [root]77.]
  • 1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualities, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy. [1913 Webster]
  • That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Fit audience find, though few. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper. [1913 Webster]
  • Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? --Job xxxiv. 18.
  • Syn: Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fit'

From: GCIDE
  • Fit \Fit\ (f[i^]t), imp. & p. p. of Fight. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fit'

From: GCIDE
  • Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fitting.]
  • 1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation. [1913 Webster]
  • The time is fitted for the duty. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. --Is. xliv. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. [1913 Webster]
  • No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on. [1913 Webster]
  • That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • That time best fits the work. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.
  • To fit up, to furnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to fit up a room for a guest. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fit'

From: GCIDE
  • Fit \Fit\, n. [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin. [root] 77.]
  • 1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin, That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness. [1913 Webster]
  • And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit of melancholy, of passion, or of laughter. [1913 Webster]
  • All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • The English, however, were on this subject prone to fits of jealously. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction; an impulsive and irregular action. [1913 Webster]
  • The fits of the season. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • A tongue of light, a fit of flame. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • By fits, By fits and starts, by intervals of action and repose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fit'

From: GCIDE
  • Fit \Fit\, v. i.
  • 1. To be proper or becoming. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor fits it to prolong the feast. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fit'

From: GCIDE
  • Fit \Fit\, n.
  • 1. The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mach.) (a) The coincidence of parts that come in contact. (b) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. [1913 Webster]
  • Fit rod (Shipbuilding), a gauge rod used to try the depth of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the bolt required. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fit'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'FIT'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • Failures In Time
  • Fraunhofer institut fuer angewandte InformationsTechnik (org.)

Words containing 'FIT'