Found 4 items, similar to Chair.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: chair kursi
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: chair kursi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chair chair n 1: a seat for one person, with a support for the back; “he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down” 2: the position of professor; “he was awarded an endowed chair in economics” [syn: professorship] 3: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; “address your remarks to the chairperson” [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson] 4: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; “the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair” [syn: electric chair, death chair, hot seat] chair v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; “She chaired the department for many years” [syn: chairman] 2: preside over; “John moderated the discussion” [syn: moderate, lead]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chair Chair \Chair\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.] 1. To place in a chair. [1913 Webster] 2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting. [PJC] Chair \Chair\ (ch[^a]r), n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. ? down + ? seat, ? to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.] [1913 Webster] 1. A movable single seat with a back. [1913 Webster] 2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. [1913 Webster] The chair of a philosophical school. --Whewell. [1913 Webster] A chair of philology. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair. [1913 Webster] 4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 5. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. [1913 Webster] Chair days, days of repose and age. To put into the chair, to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting. --Macaulay. To take the chair, to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting. [1913 Webster]