“fit” – English explanatory dictionary

noun a sudden sharp attack of illness, or of an emotion such as anger ○ She had a coughing fit or a fit of coughing. ○ In a fit of anger he threw the plate across the kitchen. ○ She’s having one of her periodic fits of efficiency. □ by fits and starts at odd moments, with continual stoppages ○ Something has gone wrong with the printer – it only prints out by fits and starts. ■ adj 1. healthy ○ He isn’t fit enough to go back to work. ○ You’ll have to get fit if you’re going to run the marathon. 2. □ fit to do something in good enough condition to do something ○ Is he fit to drive? ○ That car isn’t fit to be driven – its brakes don’t work and the tyres are worn. 3. suitable ○ Is she a fit person to look after small children? (NOTE: fitter – fittest) ■ verb 1. to be the right size or shape ○ He’s grown so tall that his jackets don’t fit him any more. ○ These shoes don’t fit me – they’re a size too small. 2. to put in place ○ I want to fit a new fridge in the kitchen. ○ Can you fit a new shelf on this wall? (NOTE: fitting – fitted)

an Americanism denoting the preterite of the verb to fight. A
Yankee once came upon the words _nihil fit_, and he immediately wrote
off to the editor of the paper to which he subscribed to know “Who was
Nihil, who he fit, what amount he fit for, and if he won.”

imp. & p. p. of Fight. [Obs. or Colloq.]

n. [AS. fitt a song.] In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus. [Written also fitte, fytte, etc.] “To play some pleasant fit.” Spenser.

a. [Compar. Fitter superl. Fittest ] [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. fetjan to adorn. rad.77.]
1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy. “That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in.” Shak. “Fit audience find, though few.” Milton.
2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.] “So fit to shoot, she singled forth among
her foes who first her quarry’s strength should feel.” Fairfax.
3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper. “Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked?” Job xxxiv. 18. Syn. — Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.