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adjective(stand-ing)not yet cut or harvested
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adjective(stand-ing)upright on the feet or base : erect
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adjective(stand-ing)not flowing : stagnant
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noun(stand-ing)a place to stand in : location
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noun(stand-ing)a position from which one may assert or enforce legal rights and duties
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noun(stand-ing)length of service or experience especially as determining rank, pay, or privilege
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verb(stand-ing)to support oneself on the feet in an erect position
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verb(stand-ing)to be a specified height when fully erect
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verb(stand-ing)to rise to an erect position
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noun(stand-ing)a permanent army of paid soldiers
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noun(stand-ing)a permanent committee especially of a legislative body
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noun(stand-ing)the total amount or number of living things or of one kind of living thing (such as an uncut farm crop, the fish in a pond, or organisms in an ecosystem) in a particular area at any given time
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noun(stand-ing)a standing ovation
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noun(stand-ing)an instruction or prescribed procedure in force permanently or until changed or canceled; especially : any of the rules for the guidance and government of parliamentary procedure which endure through successive sessions until vacated or repealed
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noun(stand-ing)space for standing; especially : accommodation available for spectators or passengers after all seats are filled
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noun(stand-ing)a single-frequency mode of vibration of a body or physical system in which the amplitude varies from place to place, is constantly zero at fixed points, and has maxima at other points