- chair
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 piece of furniture ⇨ See also ↑armchairADJECTIVE▪ comfortable, comfy (informal), cushioned, padded, plush, soft, upholstered▪ hard, uncomfortable▪ deep, low▪ high-backed, straight-backed, wing-backed, winged▪ rickety▪ reclining, rocking, swivel▪
He lay back in the reclining chair and went to sleep.
▪She sat down in the swivel chair behind her desk.
▪ folding▪ matching▪a dining table and four matching chairs
▪ empty▪He gestured to an empty chair.
▪ antique▪ leather, metal, plastic, steel, wicker, wooden, etc.▪ dining, kitchen, lounge (esp. AmE)▪ computer, desk, office▪ beach (esp. AmE), garden (esp. BrE), lawn (esp. AmE)… OF CHAIRS▪ row▪ set▪a set of antique dining chairs
VERB + CHAIR▪ draw up, pull up▪‘Can I join you?’ ‘Yes, pull up a chair.’
▪ pull out▪He pulled out a chair for her.
▪ grab, have, take▪Come in and take a chair.
▪ give sb▪He gave her his chair.
▪ push back▪He pushed back his chair and got to his feet.
▪ collapse into/onto, flop (back/down) in/into/on/onto, lower yourself into, settle (back) in/into/on, sink (back/down) into, sit (down) in/on, slump (back/down) in/into▪She dropped her bags and flopped down into the nearest chair.
▪ lean back in, lie back in, lounge (back) in, recline (back) in, relax (back) in▪He put his feet up on the desk and lay back in his chair.
▪ be sprawled in, sprawl in▪ lean forward in▪ straighten (up) in▪They straightened in their chairs when the manager burst in.
▪ get out of, get up from/off, jump (up) from/out of, leap out of/from, rise from▪He got up from his chair to address the meeting.
▪ rock backwards and forwards in/on, shift about in (BrE), shift in, tip back▪He was shifting about uneasily in his chair.
▪She tipped her chair back and fixed her gaze full upon him.
▪ swivel, swivel (around) in, swivel on▪She always swivels around in her chair.
CHAIR + VERB▪ be placed, stand▪A chair stood facing the window.
▪ swivel▪ tip back▪ fall over, topple over▪ creak▪The chair creaked every time I moved.
▪ scrape sth, scrape against sth, scrape along sth▪Lisa heard a chair scraping the floor.
CHAIR + NOUN▪ arm, back, leg, seat▪ cover, framePREPOSITION▪ into a/the chair▪He sank into his chair and opened the letter.
▪ in a/the chair▪She leaned back in her chair and lit a cigarette.
▪ on a/the chair▪A cat was asleep on the chair.
PHRASES▪ the arm of a chair, the back of a chair, the edge of a chair, the leg of a chair▪She gripped the arm of her chair as she spoke.
▪He sat nervously on the edge of his chair.
2 person controlling a meetingADJECTIVE▪ acting, deputy▪ honoraryVERB + CHAIR▪ occupy, take (both esp. BrE)▪Anne took the chair (= was chairperson) in Carol's absence.
▪ address (sth to)▪Please address your questions to the chair.
▪ appoint sb (as), elect sb (as)PREPOSITION▪ in the chair (esp. BrE)▪Paul Ryan was in the chair (= was chairperson) at today's meeting.
3 position in a universityADJECTIVE▪ professorialVERB + CHAIR▪ hold, occupy▪He held the Chair of Psychology at Yale.
▪ appoint sb to▪ resign▪ endow, establish▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}A private benefactor endowed the new Chair of Japanese Literature.
verb
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
