I.
noun
1 piece of furniture ⇨ See also ↑ armchair
ADJECTIVE
▪ comfortable , comfy ( informal ), cushioned , padded , plush , soft , upholstered
▪ hard , uncomfortable
▪ deep , low
▪ high-backed , straight-backed , wing-backed , winged
▪ rickety
▪ reclining , rocking , swivel
▪
He lay back in the reclining ~ and went to sleep.
▪
She sat down in the swivel ~ behind her desk.
▪ folding
▪ matching
▪
a dining table and four matching ~s
▪ empty
▪
He gestured to an empty ~.
▪ antique
▪ leather , metal , plastic , steel , wicker , wooden , etc.
▪ dining , kitchen , lounge ( esp. AmE )
▪ computer , desk , office
▪ beach ( esp. AmE ), garden ( esp. BrE ), lawn ( esp. AmE )
… OF CHAIRS
▪ row
▪ set
▪
a set of antique dining ~s
VERB + CHAIR
▪ draw up , pull up
▪
‘Can I join you?’ ‘Yes, pull up a ~.’
▪ pull out
▪
He pulled out a ~ for her.
▪ grab , have , take
▪
Come in and take a ~.
▪ give sb
▪
He gave her his ~.
▪ push back
▪
He pushed back his ~ and got to his feet.
▪ collapse into/onto , flop (back/down) in/into/on/onto , lower yourself into , settle (back) in/into/on , sink (back/down) into , sit (down) in/on , slump (back/down) in/into
▪
She dropped her bags and flopped down into the nearest ~.
▪ lean back in , lie back in , lounge (back) in , recline (back) in , relax (back) in
▪
He put his feet up on the desk and lay back in his ~.
▪ be sprawled in , sprawl in
▪ lean forward in
▪ straighten (up) in
▪
They straightened in their ~s when the manager burst in.
▪ get out of , get up from/off , jump (up) from/out of , leap out of/from , rise from
▪
He got up from his ~ to address the meeting.
▪ rock backwards and forwards in/on , shift about in ( BrE ), shift in , tip back
▪
He was shifting about uneasily in his ~.
▪
She tipped her ~ back and fixed her gaze full upon him.
▪ swivel , swivel (around) in , swivel on
▪
She always swivels around in her ~.
CHAIR + VERB
▪ be placed , stand
▪
A ~ stood facing the window.
▪ swivel
▪ tip back
▪ fall over , topple over
▪ creak
▪
The ~ creaked every time I moved.
▪ scrape sth , scrape against sth , scrape along sth
▪
Lisa heard a ~ scraping the floor.
CHAIR + NOUN
▪ arm , back , leg , seat
▪ cover , frame
PREPOSITION
▪ into a/the ~
▪
He sank into his ~ and opened the letter.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She leaned back in her ~ and lit a cigarette.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
A cat was asleep on the ~.
PHRASES
▪ the arm of a ~ , the back of a ~ , the edge of a ~ , the leg of a ~
▪
She gripped the arm of her ~ as she spoke.
▪
He sat nervously on the edge of his ~.
2 person controlling a meeting
ADJECTIVE
▪ acting , deputy
▪ honorary
VERB + CHAIR
▪ occupy , take (both esp. BrE )
▪
Anne took the ~ (= was chairperson) in Carol's absence.
▪ address (sth to)
▪
Please address your questions to the ~.
▪ appoint sb (as) , elect sb (as)
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
Paul Ryan was in the ~ (= was chairperson) at today's meeting.
3 position in a university
ADJECTIVE
▪ professorial
VERB + CHAIR
▪ hold , occupy
▪
He held the Chair of Psychology at Yale.
▪ appoint sb to
▪ resign
▪ endow , establish
▪
A private benefactor endowed the new Chair of Japanese Literature.
II.
verb
Chair is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ commission , ↑ committee , ↑ enquiry , ↑ meeting , ↑ panel