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# sot

verb (past of sit, dialect; sot, sit, sat)

«sot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Sot is a dialect (non-standard) past form of «sit», meaning sat down or was sitting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sot/#m1)

### In the lessons

dialect speech in old tales told by a speaker who says it in a regional voice; it does not mean a drunkard here

### Examples

- I sot down by the fire with my axe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sot/#x1)
- The Tar Baby, she sot there, she did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sot/#x2)
- We sot and waited for the rain to stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sot/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sot.html) on Mova free.