The noun seat has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (9) seat, place -- (a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place")
2. (4) buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass -- (the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?")
3. (2) seat -- (furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests")
4. (2) seat -- (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down")
5. (1) seat -- (a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised))
6. seat -- (the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through")
Overview of verb seat
The verb seat has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (9) seat, sit, sit down -- (show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith")
2. (2) seat -- (be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000")
3. (2) induct, invest, seat -- (place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy")
4. seat -- (put a seat on a chair)
5. seat -- (provide with seats; "seat a concert hall")