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Adjective standing has 8 senses
- standing - having a supporting base; "a standing lamp"
Antonym: unerect (indirect, via erect)
- standing - (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
Antonyms: running, flowing, streaming, gushing, pouring, jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting
- standing - not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee"
Antonyms: impermanent, temporary (indirect, via permanent)
- standing, upright - maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many buildings were still standing"
Antonyms: falling, toppling, tumbling
- standing - executed in or initiated from a standing position; "a standing ovation"; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"
Antonyms: running, flying
- standing - (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only"; "a standing ovation"
Antonyms: seated, sitting
- standing - permanent; "a standing army"
Antonym: irregular (indirect, via regular)
- standing, uncut - not cut down; "standing timber"; "uncut trees"
Antonyms: felled, downed (indirect, via unfelled)
Noun standing has 2 senses
- standing - social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"
--1 is a kind of status, position
--1 has particulars:
- standing - the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
--2 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
Verb stand has 12 senses
- stand, stand up - be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
--1 is one way to rest
Antonyms: sit, sit down, lie
Sample sentence:
The chairs stand in the corner
- stand - be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
- stand - occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground"
--3 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- stand, remain firm - hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!"
--4 is one way to resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
Antonyms: yield, relent, soften
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- stand - have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"
--5 is one way to judge
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
--6 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot stand Sue
- stand - remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"
--7 is one way to stay, remain, rest
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- stand - be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!"
--8 is one way to continue
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- stand - be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"
--9 is one way to measure
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- stand, stand up, place upright - put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
--10 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentence:
They stand the bags on the table
- resist, stand, fend - withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
--11 is one way to fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stand - be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"
--12 is one way to serve, service
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