n.

1. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);
   place
   
   • he booked their seats in advance
   • he sat in someone else's place
2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
   buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
   
   • he deserves a good kick in the butt
   • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
3. furniture that is designed for sitting on
   
   • there were not enough seats for all the guests
4. any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
   
   • he dusted off the seat before sitting down
5. a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
6. the cloth covering for the buttocks
   
   • the seat of his pants was worn through

v.

1. show to a seat; assign a seat for;
   sit, sit down
   
   • The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
2. be able to seat
   
   • The theater seats 2,000
3. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;
   induct, invest
   
   • there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
4. put a seat on a chair
5. provide with seats
   
   • seat a concert hall