"sit upon" meaning in English

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Noun

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-F-Y~Dgis Disambiguation of Buttocks: 81 6 13 Categories (other): British English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 37 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 46 13
  2. small, portable cushion for sitting on
    Sense id: en-sit_upon-en-noun-JpEAGG1l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 56 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 46 13

Verb

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 Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 46 13

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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