sit up

Definition of Sit Up in English :

Verb

1. sit up, stay up

not go to bed

Example Sentences:
'Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow'
'We sat up all night to watch the election'

stay up

2. sit up

change to an upright sitting position

Example Sentences:
'He sat up in bed'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sit Up

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verb (adverb)

1.

to raise (oneself or another) from a recumbent to an upright or alert sitting posture

2. (intransitive)

to remain out of bed and awake, esp until a late hour

3. (intransitive) informal

to become suddenly interested or alert

devaluation of the dollar made the money market sit up

noun sit-up, situp

4.

a physical exercise in which the body is brought into a sitting position from one lying on the back

. Also: trunk curl

noun

another name for sit-ups

Sit Up

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1.

to rise to a sitting position

2.

to sit erect

3.

to sit solely on the haunches with the forelegs held up in front of the chest

said of animals

4.

to put off going to bed

5. Informal

to become suddenly alert

noun

an exercise in which a person lying flat on the back rises to a sitting position without using the hands: sit-ups are usually done in series

Sit Up

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n.

A physical exercise in which one uses the abdominal muscles to raise the torso from a supine to a sitting position and then lies back down again without moving the legs.

Sit Up

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