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fit1  audio  (ft) KEY 

VERB:
fit·ted or fit, fit·ted, fit·ting, fits
VERB:
tr.
    1. To be the proper size and shape for: These shoes fit me.
    2. To cause to be the proper size and shape: The tailor fitted the trousers by shortening them.
    3. To measure for proper size: She fitted me for a new jacket.
  2. To be appropriate to; suit: music that fits your mood.
  3. To be in conformity or agreement with: observations that fit the theory nicely.
  4. To make suitable; adapt: fitted the shelves for large books. See Synonyms at adapt.
  5. To make ready; prepare: Specialized training fitted her for the job.
  6. To equip; outfit: fit out a ship.
  7. To provide a place or time for: You can't fit any more toys in the box. The doctor can fit you in today.
  8. To insert or adjust so as to be properly in place: fit a handle on a door.
VERB:
intr.
  1. To be the proper size and shape.
  2. To be suited; belong: doesn't fit in with these people.
  3. To be in harmony; agree: His good mood fit in with the joyful occasion.
ADJECTIVE:
fit·ter, fit·test
  1. Suited, adapted, or acceptable for a given circumstance or purpose: not a fit time for flippancy.
  2. Appropriate; proper: Do as you see fit.
  3. Physically sound; healthy: keeps fit with diet and exercise.
  4. Biology Successfully adapted to survive and produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
NOUN:
  1. The state, quality, or way of being fitted: the proper fit of means to ends.
  2. The manner in which clothing fits: a jacket with a tight fit.
  3. The degree of precision with which surfaces are adjusted or adapted to each other in a machine or collection of parts.

IDIOMS:
fit to be tied
Roused to great anger or indignation; outraged.
fit to kill Slang
To an extreme or elaborate degree: dressed up fit to kill.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English fitten, to be suitable, marshal troops

OTHER FORMS:
fitly(Adverb), fitter(Noun)


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