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.
1 sit in/on something She sat on a number of committees. 2  sit for something For years he sat for Henley (= was the MP for that constituency). 3  5 [intransitive] (of a parliament, committee, court of law, etc.) to meet in order to do official business Parliament sits for less than six months of the year.