Definition of standing

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Standing (a.) Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed)..

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Insulated :: Insulated (p. a.) Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column..
Intellection :: Intellection (n.) A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.
Junior :: "Junior (n.) Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course..
Significant :: Significant (a.) Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look..
Rank :: Rank (n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..
However :: However (conj.) Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it..
Waver :: Waver (v.) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
Better :: Better (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural..
Initial :: Initial (a.) Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name..
Misguide :: Misguide (v. t.) To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding..
Intellective :: Intellective (a.) Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses..
Standing :: Standing (a.) Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed)..
Fly :: Fly (a.) Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
Diswitted :: Diswitted (a.) Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted.
Wrongheaded :: Wrongheaded (a.) Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree..
Intendment :: Intendment (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument..
Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..
Circumstant :: Circumstant (a.) Standing or placed around; surrounding.
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