Chair

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

   “All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.”

2. isim Clipping of chairperson.

   “Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.”

3. isim The post or position of chairperson.

   “The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.”

4. isim The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

   “My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.”

5. isim A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.

   “The wooden or steel keys used to secure bull-head rails in their chairs are usually driven in the direction of the traffic, so that the effects of rail-creep may be made use of to wedge the keys more firmly, rather than to encourage them to drop out.”

6. isim One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
7. isim Ellipsis of electric chair (“device used for performing execution”).

   “The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.”

8. isim A distinguished professorship at a university.

   “In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg […]”

9. isim A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.

   “Enter Mortimer, brought in a Chayre, and Iaylors.”

10. isim The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
11. isim An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.

    “Melinda has the best chair in the salon.”

12. fiil To act as chairperson at; to preside over.

    “Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.”

13. fiil To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.

    “The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the marketplace.”

14. fiil To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.

    “The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.”

15. özel isim Chairperson.

    “Please address all questions through the Chair.”

16. özel isim The ship of characters Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.

    “His skill renders Becker's portrayal of Prince Grimaldi, a lover and future husband, futile in the wake of Chair (Chuck and Blair).”