SIT-UP

Meaning of SIT-UP in English

ˈsit-up BrE AmE British English , sit‧up American English /ˈsɪtʌp/ noun [countable]

an exercise to make your stomach muscles strong, in which you sit up from a lying position, while keeping your feet on the floor ⇨ crunch :

Jerry says he does two hundred sit-ups a day.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

SIT UP — intransitive verb Date: 13th century 1. to rise from a lying to a sitting position, to sit with the back …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIT-UP — noun Date: 1938 a conditioning exercise performed from a supine position by raising the torso to a sitting position and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIT-UP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: sit up : a conditioning exercise consisting of raising the trunk to a sitting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIT UP — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English sitten up, from sitten to sit + up — more at sit , up 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIT-UP — /sit"up'/ , n. an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIT UP — sit in an upright position; sit; stay awake late; be amazed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SIT UP — Date: 13th century 1. a. : to rise from a lying to a sitting position b. : to sit with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIT-UP — noun Date: 1938 : a conditioning exercise performed from a supine position by raising the torso to a sitting position …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIT-UP — Pronunciation: ' sit- ˌ ə p Function: noun Date: 1938 : a conditioning exercise performed from a supine position by …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SIT UP — Function: intransitive verb Date: 13th century 1 a : to rise from a lying to a sitting position b : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SIT-UP — ■ noun a physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles, in which a person sits up from a supine …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SIT UP — 1》 move from a lying or slouching to a sitting position. 2》 refrain from going to bed until later than …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SIT-UP — [sit-up] n (1938): a conditioning exercise performed from a supine position by raising the trunk to a sitting position without …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIT UP — [sit up] vi (13c) 1 a: to rise from a lying to a sitting position b: to sit with the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIT-UP — sit-up BrE AmE ˈsɪt ʌp AmE \ ˈsɪt̬ ʌp ▷ sit-up|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIT-UP — (also crunch ) noun an exercise for making your stomach muscles strong, in which you lie on your back on …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIT UP — 1. to be or move yourself into a sitting position, rather than lying down or leaning back : Sit up …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIT UP — sit up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ sit ) 1 . to be in a sitting position or get …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIT-UP — ( sit-ups) Note: in AM, also use 'situp' Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIT UP — 1. If you sit up , you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIT UP — 1. If you ~, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down. Her …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SIT-UP — (~s) Note: in AM, also use 'situp' Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SIT-UP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An acute attack of dizziness while doing my sit-ups. ▪ Before you think it's too …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIT UP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIT-UP — {n.} A vigorous exercise in which the abdominal muscles are strengthened by locking one's feet in a fastening device and …
Slang English vocab
SIT UP — {v.} 1. To move into a sitting position. * /Joe sat up when he heard the knock on his bedroom …
Slang English vocab
SIT UP — phr verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SIT UP — phr verb Sit up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ baby
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SIT UP — See ↑ SIT 1, ↑ STRAIGHT 4
Longman Activator English vocab
SIT UP — v. ( D ; intr. ) to ~ with (to ~ with a sick child)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SIT-UP — n. exercise to do ~s
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SIT UP — {v.} 1. To move into a sitting position. * /Joe sat up when he heard the knock on his bedroom …
Словарь английских идиом
SIT-UP — {n.} A vigorous exercise in which the abdominal muscles are strengthened by locking one's feet in a fastening device and …
Словарь английских идиом
SIT UP — stay awake instead of going to bed My mother had to sit up all night as my younger sister was …
English Idioms vocab
SIT-UP — n. A vigorous exercise in which the abdominal muscles are strengthened by locking one's feet in a fastening device and …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SIT UP — v. 1. To move into a sitting position. Joe sat up when he heard the knock on his bedroom door. …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SIT UP — 1) приподняться, сесть (в постели) I sat up in bed, wondering what the time was. ≈ Я сел на кровати, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIT-UP — сед (гимнастика)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIT-UP — Сед
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SIT UP — Привставать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SIT UP — phr v 1. 1> садиться, приподниматься ( из лежачего положения ) to sit up in bed - сесть в постели …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIT-UP — n сед ( гимнастика )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIT UP — 1) приподняться, сесть (в постели) I sat up in bed, wondering what the time was. — Я сел на кровати, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SIT UP — (n) сед
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SIT-UP — n сед ( гимнастика )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SIT UP — phr v 1. 1) садиться, приподниматься ( из лежачего положения ) to ~ in bed - сесть в постели 2) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SIT UP — phr v 1. 1> садиться, приподниматься ( из лежачего положения ) to sit up in bed - сесть в постели …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SIT-UP — n сед ( гимнастика )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SIT UP — сесть, приподняться, привставать, выпрямиться, сидеть прямо; не ложиться спать, засиживаться до поздней ночи, бодрствовать; внезапно заинтересоваться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SIT UP — сесть, приподняться, привставать, выпрямиться, сидеть прямо; не ложиться спать, засиживаться до поздней ночи, бодрствовать; внезапно заинтересоваться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SIT UP — 1) приподняться, сесть ( в постели ) I sat up in bed, wondering what the time was. — Я сел …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SIT UP — 1) приподняться, сесть (в постели) I sat up in bed, wondering what the time was. — Я сел на кровати, пытаясь …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SIT UP — а> приподняться, сесть (в постели); I sat up in bed, wondering what the time was. б> помочь сесть (лежачему) Let …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SIT UP — а. приподняться, сесть (в постели); I sat up in bed, wondering what the time was. б. помочь сесть (лежачему) Let …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SIT UP — приподняться, сесть (в постели); не ложиться спать; засиживаться до поздней ночи; бодрствовать; сидеть прямо; выпрямиться; coll. (внезапно) заинтересоваться (тж. sit up and take …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SIT UP — привставать
English-Russian Online Dictionary
SIT UP — и. 1. просиживать ночь напролет (т.е. так и не ложиться спать): Jane's father sat up until his daughter got home …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
SIT-UP — сед (гимнастика)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIT UP — 1) приподняться, сесть (в постели) I sat up in bed, wondering what the time was. ≈ Я сел на кровати, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIT — I. (|)sit, usu -id.+V; before a vowel-initial adverb with primary stress often _səd. or _sət; before “down” often _sə or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIT — sit 1 /sit/ , v. , sat or ( Archaic ) sate; sat or ( Archaic ) sitten; sitting . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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