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sitting over

sitting over is the present participle and gerund of sit over.

Meaning of sit over

Verb

sit over (third-person singular simple present sits over, present participle sitting over, simple past and past participle sat over)

  1. (intransitive) To move along a seat or bench to make room.
    • She sat over toward the front of the train car.
  2. To be on the left side of a player.
    Antonyms:
    sit under
  3. (transitive) To weigh heavily on (someone) or to trouble (someone)
    • His legal problems sat over him all year.

Questions about sitting over

What is sitting over the present participle and gerund of?
Sitting over is the present participle and gerund of sit over.

Words near sitting over in the dictionary

  1. sitting on someone's wheel
  2. sitting on the fence
  3. sitting one's ass down
  4. sitting one's butt down
  5. sitting out
  6. sitting over
  7. sitting pretty
  8. sitting right
  9. sitting room
  10. sitting rooms
  11. sitting shiva

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