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.
mid-13c., story of a building, raised floor for exhibitions, from Old French estage a story or floor of a building, stage for performance, from Vulgar Latin *staticum a place for standing, from Latin statum, past participle of stare to stand (see stet).