'Seat' definitions:

A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" [syn: seat, place]

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]

Furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"

Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"

A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

The location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based; "the brain is said to be the seat of reason"

The legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body; "he was elected to a seat in the Senate"

A part of a machine that supports or guides another part

The cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through"

Show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" [syn: seat, sit, sit down]

Be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000"

Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy" [syn: induct, invest, seat]

Put a seat on a chair

Provide with seats; "seat a concert hall"

Place or attach firmly in or on a base; "seat the camera on the tripod"

Place in or on a seat; "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"