Clues for the word "SEAT"

We've had 486 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1070 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 25, 2026.

Definition of seat

n. - The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
n. - The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
n. - That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.
n. - A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.
n. - Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
n. - A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
v. t. - To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
v. t. - To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
v. t. - To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
v. t. - To fix; to set firm.
v. t. - To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
v. t. - To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
v. i. - To rest; to lie down.