1 Surgery on the hip or knee may cause the leg to shrink. 2  Poor posture, where the pelvis is tilted so that one side is higher then the other, thus making the leg on the high side of the pelvis work as if it was shorter than the other leg.
v. sat (sÄt), sitÂ·ting, sits. v.intr. 1. To rest with the torso vertical and the body supported on the buttocks. 2. a. To rest with the hindquarters lowered onto a supporting surface. Used of animals.
2. stand-be in some specified state or condition; I stand corrected. be-have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); John is rich; This is not a good answer. stand firm, withstand, hold out, resist-stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.he was standing at the bus stop. 2. saying where someone goes. Stand is also used to say that someone moves to a different place and remains standing there. They stood to one side so that she could pass. Come and stand next to me.