SIT UP meaning: Assume upright position from lying

We found 27 dictionaries that define the word sit up:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

sit up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sit-up, sit up: Merriam-Webster
sit-up, sit up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
sit-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
sit-up, sit-up, sit up: Collins English Dictionary
sit-up, sit up: Vocabulary.com
sit-up: Wordnik
sit-up, sit (sb) up, sit up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sit-up, sit up: Wiktionary
sit-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
sit-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
sit-up: Infoplease Dictionary
sit-up, sit up: Dictionary.com
sit-up: Online Etymology Dictionary
sit-up: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Sit-up, Sit-up (exercise), Sit up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
sit-up, sit up: Rhymezone
Sit Up: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
sit-up, sit up: FreeDictionary.org
sit-up, sit up: Mnemonic Dictionary
sit-up, sit up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

sit up: Legal dictionary
sit up: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

sit-up, sit up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

sit up: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sit up)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a position lying down.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To sit erect.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To show sudden interest or surprise.
▸ verb:  (chiefly sports, of the ball) To bounce, especially to a comfortable height.
▸ verb:  To not go to bed (notionally remaining in a sitting position).
▸ verb:  (India, historical) For a young lady to open her house for several successive nights for any visitors who wish to pay their respects.
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of sit-up [An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position.]

Types:

crunch, reverse crunch, crossover crunch, vertical leg crunch, butterfly sit-up, side crunch, more...

Phrases:

sit up and take notice, to sit up, sit up against, sit up quickly, sit up suddenly, more...

Adjectives:

lean, stand-up, halt, tag, stay, hold, stick, sitting, upstand, put up, lay

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