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sedere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backside noun A person's buttocks.
  • bottom noun The lowest part of something.
  • bum noun British informal term for the buttocks.
  • butt noun A person's buttocks.
  • buttock noun One of the two rounded fleshy parts that make up the rear of the body below the back.
  • duff noun A stiff, boiled or steamed pudding, often made with dried fruit.
  • rump noun The hindquarters or buttocks of an animal or person.
  • sit verb To be resting with your body upright, supported by your bottom, rather than standing or lying down.

Senses

sedere is used for these senses in English:

  • backside (euphemism) A person's buttocks.
  • bottom (euphemism) The buttocks or anus. [1794]
  • bum (informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The buttocks.
  • bum (informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The anus.
  • buttock (usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
  • duff (US, slang) The buttocks.
  • rump The buttocks.
  • sit (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.

backside — full definition

  1. noun A person's buttocks.
  2. noun The rear side of something, opposite its front.
  3. noun The reverse side of a printed page.

bottom — full definition

  1. noun The lowest part of something.
  2. noun A person's buttocks.
  3. verb To reach the lowest point possible, especially in "bottom out."
  4. adj Lowest in position, rank, or order.

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