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Fitting   /fˈɪtɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Fit  v. t.  (past & past part. fitted; pres. part. fitting)  
1.
To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation. "The time is fitted for the duty." "The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature."
2.
To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc. "The carpenter... marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes."
3.
To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. "No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves."
4.
To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on. "That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions." "That time best fits the work."
To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.
To fit up, to furnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to fit up a room for a guest.


Fit  v. i.  
1.
To be proper or becoming. "Nor fits it to prolong the feast."
2.
To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.


noun
Fitting  n.  Anything used in fitting up; especially


Fitting  n.  Necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.


adjective
Fitting  adj.  Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Fitting" Quotes from Famous Books



... SHALL put in at St. Helena, so make up your minds not to see me till I don't know when. She has been on board fitting up the cabin to-day. I have SUCH a rug for J-! a mosaic of skins as fine as marqueterie, done by Damara women, and really beautiful; and a sheep-skin blanket for you, the essence of warmth and softness. I shall sleep in mine, and dream of African hill- sides wrapt ...
— Letters from the Cape • Lady Duff Gordon
... clothes, he was evidently a person of importance. Had Barbara awakened at the Court of Pekin? Her companion wore a loose, black satin coat, heavily embroidered in flowers and dragons and a round, close fitting silk cap with a button on top ...
— The Automobile Girls At Washington • Laura Dent Crane
... country itself required too much of the care of her rulers and patriots to admit of the consideration of lesser objects. With the best of hearts and affections devoted to the welfare of her niece, Miss Emmerson had early discovered her own incompetency to the labour of fitting Julia for the world in which she was to live, and shrunk with timid modesty from the arduous task of preparing herself, by application and study, for this sacred duty. The fashions of the day were rapidly running into the attainment of accomplishments among the young of her ...
— Tales for Fifteen: or, Imagination and Heart • James Fenimore Cooper
... usurped her place; but brave to fate and timid of man; stern to herself, forbearing to all weak and erring things; silent, yet sometimes sparkling with happy sallies. For to represent her as she was would be her noblest and most fitting monument. ...
— Emily Bront • A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
... remedy we can administer to this young lady, as well as the most fitting penance for our own discourtesy to her, is to escort her through a glass factory and let her, with her own eyes, behold the process. ...
— The Story of Glass • Sara Ware Bassett


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