sitting up
Risen from prone
Sitting up is the act of rising from a lying position to a seated one, or maintaining an upright seated posture.
Parents celebrate when infants start sitting up on their own.
To sit up can also mean to stay awake past one's usual bedtime: We sat up talking until 3 a.m.
When something makes you sit up and take notice, it commands your attention.
Vertical or morally sound
- straightNot curved or crooked
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- ergonomicsStudy of work efficiency
lumbar · core · seated · vertical · torso · shoulders · neck · back
Notable event marking progress
- babyVery young child
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
- supportedGave aid or backing
- unassistedWithout outside help
wobbling · toppling · propped · balance · pediatric · crawling · rolling · strength
Furniture for slumber
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- recuperationGradual return to health
improvement · strength · rehabilitation · wellness · resting · pillows · propped · patient
upright
Vertical or morally sound
ergonomics · lumbar · core · seated · vertical · torso · shoulders · neck · back · slouching
milestone
Notable event marking progress
- babyVery young child
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
- supportedGave aid or backing
unassisted · wobbling · toppling · propped · balance · pediatric · crawling · rolling · strength · coordination
bed
Furniture for slumber
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
recuperation · improvement · strength · rehabilitation · wellness · resting · pillows · propped · patient · bedside
awake
Not in slumber
alert · wakeful · aware · responsive · watchful · bright-eyed · perked · startled · bolted · sprung
- baby bookfirst steps, first words, first smile, first tooth, birth weight
- baby traitsbaby fat, baby teeth, chubby cheeks, big eyes, button nose
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- waking upwaking, wake up, rising, get up, yawning
- expressions of alertnesswide eyes
- straighteningunbending, uncoiling, uncurling, unfolding, untwisting
sitting uplying down
In horizontal position
lying flat · reclining · supine · prone · horizontal
sitting upzoned out
Mentally checked out
checked out · tuned out · disengaged · inattentive · asleep
sitting upzonked out
Deeply, suddenly asleep
passed out · asleep · unconscious · slumped · nodding off
sit, sitting, seating, sits, settee, upping, set-up, setups, sit up