Definition of Sit up

1. Verb. Not go to bed. "We sat up all night to watch the election"

Exact synonyms: Stay Up
Generic synonyms: Wake

2. Verb. Change to an upright sitting position. "He sat up in bed"
Generic synonyms: Change Posture
Derivative terms: Sit-up

Definition of Sit up

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sit-up); (alternative spelling of situp) ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a position lying down. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To sit erect. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To show interest or surprise. ¹

5. Verb. To rise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sit Up

sit back
sit by
sit dead-red
sit down
sit in
sit in for
sit in on
sit on
sit on it
sit on one's hands
sit on the fence
sit out
sit still
sit through
sit tight
sit up
sit ups
sitagliptin
sitar
sitar player
sitarist
sitarists
sitarlike
sitars
sitatunga
sitatungas
sitch
sitcom
sitcomedian
sitcomedians

Literary usage of Sit up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kim by Rudyard Kipling (1905)
"sit up and listen, child of my soul ! My tale was toll Said he to me, " Chela, know this. There are many lies in the world, and not a few liars, ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1886)
"The first real lesson was when I undertook to make him sit up. ... Then I put him into a corner and set him up, saying continually, " sit up! sit up! ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1845)
"No, it 's no use your talking, Caudle ; I never will let the girl sit up for you, ... Why does she sit up with me then? That 's quite a different matter ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"They are glad, rather than tit tut, to play very small game, and to make use of arguments, such as will not prove a bare inexpediency. ao. To SIT up. ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"When Mary first began to sit up she would stiffen her neck and then her back ... Helen tried to sit up by first taking hold of the side of the crib and then ..."

6. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1816)
"How came you to sit up so late that night ? —Mr. Lyon came to our bouse, as nigh м I can guess, between nine and ten, (which is generally about the time we ..."

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