Definitions for sate

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IPA: /seɪt/

Sate is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in sate (aest).

Definitions for sate

noun

  1. a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of sit1 .
  2. (in prescriptions) may it be.

Idioms

  1. sit on one's hands, to fail to applaud. to fail to take appropriate action.
  2. sit pretty, Informal. to be in a comfortable situation:
  3. sit tight, to bide one's time; take no action:

Verb phrases

  1. sit down, to take a seat. to descend to a sitting position; alight. to take up a position, as to encamp or besiege:
  2. sit in, to attend or take part as a visitor or temporary participant: to take part in a sit-in.
  3. sit in on, to be a spectator, observer, or visitor at:
  4. sit on/upon, to inquire into or deliberate over: Informal. to suppress; silence: Informal. to check or rebuke; squelch:
  5. sit out, to stay to the end of: to surpass in endurance: to keep one's seat during (a dance, competition, etc.); fail to participate in:
  6. sit up, to rise from a supine to a sitting position. to delay the hour of retiring beyond the usual time. to sit upright; hold oneself erect. Informal. to become interested or astonished:

verb (used with object)

  1. to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
  2. to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.
  3. to cause to sit; seat (often followed by down):
  4. to sit astride or keep one's seat on (a horse or other animal):
  5. to provide seating accommodations or seating room for; seat:
  6. Informal. to serve as baby-sitter for:
  7. Chiefly British. to take (a test or examination):

verb (used without object)

  1. to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
  2. to be located or situated:
  3. to rest or lie (usually followed by on or upon):
  4. to place oneself in position for an artist, photographer, etc.; pose:
  5. to remain quiet or inactive:
  6. (of a bird) to perch or roost.
  7. (of a hen) to cover eggs to hatch them; brood.
  8. to fit, rest, or hang, as a garment:
  9. to occupy a place or have a seat in an official assembly or in an official capacity, as a legislator, judge, or bishop.
  10. to be convened or in session, as an assembly.
  11. to act as a baby-sitter.
  12. (of wind) to blow from the indicated direction:
  13. to be accepted or considered in the way indicated:
  14. Informal. to be acceptable to the stomach:
  15. Chiefly British. to take a test or examination:

Origin of sate

1595-1605; variant of obsolete sade to satiate, Old English sadian (akin to sad), perhaps influenced by satiate

Examples for sate

We saw him approach, he entered, drew a chair, and sate down.

Why wait a week to watch another episode when there are 108 more available and you can sate your hunger by just clicking away?

When he rose with the rest to leave, he left the cloak where he had sate on it.

Many of the members had sate in that very chamber with Russell.

If Kentucky gets by Kansas State, I think Wichita sate can get bounced in the second round.

The day was declining, and Ernst and Elise sate in one of the parlour windows.

Verdict: Not that original, but it will sate the appetite of vampire-starved fans.

Than an other, that sate at souper with them, asked this Charles, how longe he had dwelled there.

There he sate, swaying his long stick, now talking to this horse, and now to that cow.

I sate by him about twenty minutes, and was then ordered away.

Word Value for sate
Scrable

4

Words with friends

4

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