| fit | |
| 1. adj. Suitable, proper. | |
| You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit. | |
| 2. adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment. | |
| survival of the fittest | |
| 3. adj. In good shape; physically well. | |
| You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit. | |
| 4. adj. (UK, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful. | |
| I think the girl working in the office is fit. | |
| 5. adj. Prepared; ready. | |
| 6. v. To be suitable for. | |
| It fits the purpose. | |
| 7. v. To conform to in size and shape. | |
| The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size. | |
| If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape | |
| I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit. | |
| This plug doesn't fit into the socket. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape. | |
| I want to fit the drapes to the windows. | |
| 10. v. To tailor; to change to the appropriate size. | |
| I had a suit fitted by the tailor. | |
| 11. v. To be in agreement with. | |
| These definitions fit most of the usage. | |
| 12. v. To adjust. | |
| The regression program fit a line to the data. | |
| 13. v. To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing. | |
| 14. v. To equip or supply. | |
| The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month. | |
| 15. v. To make ready. | |
| I'm fitting the ship for a summer sail home. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly. | |
| 17. v. To be proper or becoming. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive) To be in harmony. | |
| The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit. | |
| 19. n. The degree to which something fits. | |
| This shirt is a bad fit. | |
| Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit. | |
| 20. n. Conformity of elements one to another. | |
| It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts. | |
| 21. n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. | |
| 22. n. (advertising) How well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand. | |
| The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings. | |
| 23. n. (statistics) Goodness of fit. | |
| 24. n. (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump. | |
| 25. n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad. | |
| 26. n. A seizure or convulsion. | |
| My grandfather died after having a fit. | |
| 27. n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time. | |
| 28. n. A sudden outburst of emotion. | |
| He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes. | |
| She had a fit and threw all of his clothes out through the window. | |
| He threw a fit when his car broke down. | |
| 29. n. A sudden burst (of an activity). | |
| 30. v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit. | |
