Synonyms:
seated, sitting
Meaning: (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
sitting, posing
Meaning: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"
Synonyms:
sitting
Meaning: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"
Usage examples
I was sitting reading.
Sitting on the ground felt good now.
I can stand, I've been sitting so long.'
"Ah," sighed the old lady, sitting down.
I was sitting on the piazza after dinner.
She was sitting in the corner, on a trunk.
"---and to be sitting in my room in the dark too!"
We're sitting on a ticking bomb and I don't like it.
The gatekeeper was still sitting smoking at the door.
The girl was sitting as motionless as a marble statue.