"sit upon" meaning in All languages combined

See sit upon on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sit upon.wav Forms: sit upons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sit upon (plural sit upons)
  1. (British, colloquial) Buttocks, bottom. Tags: British, colloquial Categories (topical): Buttocks
    Sense id: en-sit_upon-en-noun-1zMTrcHr Disambiguation of Buttocks: 70 4 26 Categories (other): British English
  2. Small, portable cushion for sitting on.
    Sense id: en-sit_upon-en-noun--6CwziSY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 69 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 83 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 88 8

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sit upon.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} sit upon
  1. Synonym of sit on (“block, suppress, hold back”) Synonyms: sit on [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: sit-upons (english: trousers)
    Sense id: en-sit_upon-en-verb-tjzbQ8ej

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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