Definition of sit-up in English Turkish dictionary
- (Spor) mekik
Tom her sabah kahvaltıdan önce 100 mekik çeker.
-Tom does 100 sit-ups every morning before breakfast.
Tom elli mekik yaptı.
-Tom did fifty sit-ups.
- doğrulmak
- gece geç yatmak
- dik oturmak
Tom dik oturmak için çabaladı.
-Tom struggled to sit up.
- dik otur
Tom dik oturmak için çabaladı.
-Tom struggled to sit up.
Tom sonunda yatakta dik oturabiliyor.
-Tom is finally able to sit up in bed.
- masada yerini almak
- uyanık kalmak
- arka ayakları üzerinde kalkmak
- uyumamak
- (deyim) ilgi göstermek
- (deyim) geç vakte kadar yatmamak
- (gece) yatmamak; for (gece) yatmayıp (birini) beklemek: Don't sit up for me! Beni bekleme!
- doğrularak oturmak
Definition of sit-up in English English dictionary
- An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position
Susan's doing sit-ups to stengthen her muscles.
- An stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage
- sit-up sit-ups in AM, also use situp Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve sitting up from a lying position while keeping your legs straight on the floor
- Alternative spelling of sit-up; alternative spelling of situp
- To show interest or surprise
He sat up when we mentioned the increased pay package.
- To assume a sitting position from a position lying down
She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room. She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.
- To rise
- To sit erect
Sit up straight, mister!.
- If you sit someone up, you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lying down. She sat him up and made him comfortable
- change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"
- not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"
- If you sit up, you do not go to bed although it is very late. We sat up drinking and talking = stay up see also sit-up
- sit in an upright position; sit; stay awake late; be amazed
- If you sit up, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down. Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up
- change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed