坐 — meaning in English

English meaning

• by prep Near or next to something.
• ride verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
• sit verb To be resting with your body upright, supported by your bottom, rather than standing or lying down.
• skateboard noun A narrow board mounted on two pairs of wheels, ridden by standing on it and pushing off the ground with one foot.

Senses

坐 is used for these senses in English:

• by Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
• do time (colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner) or in the military (as a servicemember).
• have a seat To sit down; to take a seat.
• ride (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them. [from 13th c.]
• sit (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
• sit down (intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
• skateboard (intransitive) To use a skateboard.

by — full definition

1. prep Near or next to something.
2. prep Not later than a stated time.
3. prep Used to show who or what performs an action.
4. prep Through the use of a particular method.

ride — full definition

1. verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
2. verb To travel as a passenger in a vehicle.
3. verb To take advantage of or coast along on a situation, trend, or momentum.
4. verb Informal: to nag, criticize, or pressure someone persistently.

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