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chair noun
1 piece of furniture
ADJ. comfortable, comfy, cushioned, padded, plush, soft, upholstered | hard, uncomfortable | deep, low | high-backed, straight-backed, wing-backed, winged | rush-seated, tubular | rickety | reclining, swivel He lay back in the reclining chair and went lớn sleep. She returned to lớn the swivel chair behind her desk. | folding | matching a dining table and four matching chairs | empty ‘Please, be my guest.’ He gestured towards an empty chair. | antique | mahogany, plastic, steel, wooden | dining, fireside, kitchen
QUANT. row | mix a set of antique mahogany 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. | have sầu, take Come in and take a chair. | give sb He gave her his chair. | push baông chồng He pushed baông chồng his chair and got lớn his feet. | collapse into/onkhổng lồ, flop (back/down) in/into/on/onto lớn, lower yourself inkhổng lồ, settle (back) in/into/on, sink (back/down) into, slump (back/down) in/inlớn, sit (down) in/on She dropped her bags & flopped down into lớn the nearest chair. | lean baông xã in, lie baông chồng in, lounge (back) in, recline (back) in, relax (back) in, sprawl/be sprawled in He put his feet up on the desk và lay bachồng in his chair. | 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. | rochồng backwards & forwards in/on, shift (about) in, tip back He was shifting about uneasily in his chair. She tipped her chair baông xã và fixed her gaze full upon hyên ổn. | swivel (on), swivel (round) in She swivelled round in her chair và picked up the phone.
CHAIR + VERB be placed, stvà A chair stood facing the window. | swivel | fall over, tip up, topple over | creak The chair creaked every time I moved.
CHAIR + NOUN arm, bachồng, leg, seat | cover, frame | lift A chair lift carried us to lớn the top of the ski run.
PREP.. inkhổng lồ a/the ~ He sank into his chair và opened the letter. | in a/the ~ She leaned baông chồng in her chair & lit a cigarette. | on a/the ~ A cat was asleep on the chair.
PHRASES the arm/back/edge/leg of a chair She gripped the arm of her chair as she spoke. He sat nervously on the edge of his chair. > See ARMCHAIR
2 person controlling a meeting
ADJ. acting, deputy
VERB + CHAIR occupy, take Anne took the chair (= was chairperson) in Carol"s absence. | address (sth to) Please address your questions to lớn the chair. | appoint sb (as), elect sb (as)
PREP. in the ~ Paul Ryan was in the chair (= was chairman) at today"s meeting.
3 position of university professor
ADJ. professorial
VERB + CHAIR hold, occupy He held the Chair of Botany at Cambridge University for thirty years. | appoint sb lớn | relinquish, resign | endow, establish A private benefactor endowed the new Chair of Japanese Literature.
n.
a seat for one person, with a support for the backhe put his coat over the bachồng of the chair and sat down