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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
standing
adj
  1. having a supporting base; "a standing lamp"
  2. not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee"
  3. (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
    Antonym(s): running(a)
  4. executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"
    Antonym(s): running(a)
  5. (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only"
    Antonym(s): seated, sitting
  6. permanent; "a standing army"
n
  1. social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"
  2. an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
  3. the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stand \Stand\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stood}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Standing}.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries.
      stonda, st[be]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[be]n, G. stehen,
      Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. st[86], Goth. standan, Russ.
      stoiate, L. stare, Gr. [?] to cause to stand, [?] to stand,
      Skr. sth[be]. [fb]163. Cf. {Assist}, {Constant}, {Contrast},
      {Desist}, {Destine}, {Ecstasy}, {Exist}, {Interstice},
      {Obstacle}, {Obstinate}, {Prest}, n., {Rest} remainder,
      {Soltice}, {Stable}, a. & n., {State}, n., {Statute},
      {Stead}, {Steed}, {Stool}, {Stud} of horses, {Substance},
      {System}.]
      1. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an
            upright or firm position; as:
            (a) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly
                  erect position; -- opposed to {lie}, {sit}, {kneel},
                  etc. [bd]I pray you all, stand up![b8] --Shak.
            (b) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree
                  fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its
                  foundation.
  
                           It stands as it were to the ground yglued.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                           The ruined wall Stands when its wind worn
                           battlements are gone.                  --Byron.
  
      2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be
            situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
  
                     Wite ye not where there stands a little town?
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause;
            to halt; to remain stationary.
  
                     I charge thee, stand, And tell thy name. --Dryden.
  
                     The star, which they saw in the east, went before
                     them, till it came and stood over where the young
                     child was.                                          --Matt. ii. 9.
  
      4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against
            tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to
            endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or
            resources.
  
                     My mind on its own center stands unmoved. --Dryden.
  
      5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or
            yield; to be safe.
  
                     Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall.
                                                                              --Spectator.
  
      6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be
            fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance
            or opposition. [bd]The standing pattern of their
            imitation.[b8] --South.
  
                     The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves
                     together, and to stand for their life. --Esther
                                                                              viii. 11.
  
      7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral
            rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
  
                     We must labor so as to stand with godliness,
                     according to his appointment.            --Latimer.
  
      8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a
            particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love,
            stands first in the rank of gifts.
  
      9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being;
            to be; to consist. [bd]Sacrifices . . . which stood only
            in meats and drinks.[b8] --Heb. ix. 10.
  
                     Accomplish what your signs foreshow; I stand
                     resigned, and am prepared to go.         --Dryden.
  
                     Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not
                     tarry.                                                --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
  
                     Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing But what
                     may stand with honor.                        --Massinger.
  
      11. (Naut.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the
            shore; to stand for the harbor.
  
                     From the same parts of heaven his navy stands.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
  
                     He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the
                     university.                                       --Walton.
  
      13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
  
                     Or the black water of Pomptina stands. --Dryden.
  
      14. To measure when erect on the feet.
  
                     Six feet two, as I think, he stands. --Tennyson.
  
      15. (Law)
            (a) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to
                  have efficacy or validity; to abide. --Bouvier.
            (b) To appear in court. --Burrill.
  
      {Stand by} (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to {Be
            ready}.
  
      {To stand against}, to opposite; to resist.
  
      {To stand by}.
            (a) To be near; to be a spectator; to be present.
            (b) To be aside; to be aside with disregard. [bd]In the
                  interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected.[b8]
                  --Dr. H. More.
            (c) To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert;
                  as, to stand by one's principles or party.
            (d) To rest on for support; to be supported by.
                  --Whitgift.
  
      {To stand corrected}, to be set right, as after an error in a
            statement of fact. --Wycherley.
  
      {To stand fast}, to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable.
  
      {To stand firmly on}, to be satisfied or convinced of.
            [bd]Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on
            his wife's frailty.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To stand for}.
            (a) To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to
                  maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to
                  defend. [bd]I stand wholly for you.[b8] --Shak.
            (b) To be in the place of; to be the substitute or to
                  represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure
                  stands for nothing. [bd]I will not trouble myself,
                  whether these names stand for the same thing, or
                  really include one another.[b8] --Locke.
  
      {To stand in}, to cost. [bd]The same standeth them in much
            less cost.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).
  
                     The Punic wars could not have stood the human race
                     in less than three millions of the species. --Burke.
  
      {To stand in hand}, to conduce to one's interest; to be
            serviceable or advantageous.
  
      {To stand off}.
            (a) To keep at a distance.
            (b) Not to comply.
            (c) To keep at a distance in friendship, social
                  intercourse, or acquaintance.
            (d) To appear prominent; to have relief. [bd]Picture is
                  best when it standeth off, as if it were carved.[b8]
                  --Sir H. Wotton.
  
      {To stand off and on} (Naut.), to remain near a coast by
            sailing toward land and then from it.
  
      {To stand on} (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or
            course.
  
      {To stand out}.
            (a) To project; to be prominent. [bd]Their eyes stand out
                  with fatness.[b8] --Psalm lxxiii. 7.
            (b) To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield
                  or comply; not to give way or recede.
  
                           His spirit is come in, That so stood out
                           against the holy church.            --Shak.
  
      {To stand to}.
            (a) To ply; to urge; to persevere in using. [bd]Stand to
                  your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars.[b8]
                  --Dryden.
            (b) To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. [bd]I will
                  stand to it, that this is his sense.[b8] --Bp.
                  Stillingfleet.
            (c) To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contrast,
                  assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award;
                  to stand to one's word.
            (d) Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's
                  ground. [bd]Their lives and fortunes were put in
                  safety, whether they stood to it or ran away.[b8]
                  --Bacon.
            (e) To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands
                  to reason that he could not have done so.
            (f) To support; to uphold. [bd]Stand to me in this
                  cause.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To stand together}, to be consistent; to agree.
  
      {To stand to sea} (Naut.), to direct the course from land.
  
      {To stand under}, to undergo; to withstand. --Shak.
  
      {To stand up}.
            (a) To rise from sitting; to be on the feet.
            (b) To arise in order to speak or act. [bd]Against whom,
                  when the accusers stood up, they brought none
                  accusation of such things as I supposed.[b8] --Acts
                  xxv. 18.
            (c) To rise and stand on end, as the hair.
            (d) To put one's self in opposition; to contend. [bd]Once
                  we stood up about the corn.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To stand up for}, to defend; to justify; to support, or
            attempt to support; as, to stand up for the
            administration.
  
      {To stand upon}.
            (a) To concern; to interest.
            (b) To value; to esteem. [bd]We highly esteem and stand
                  much upon our birth.[b8] --Ray.
            (c) To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to
                  stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony.
            (d) To attack; to assault. [A Hebraism] [bd]So I stood
                  upon him, and slew him.[b8] --2 Sam. i. 10.
  
      {To stand with}, to be consistent with. [bd]It stands with
            reason that they should be rewarded liberally.[b8] --Sir
            J. Davies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Standing \Stand"ing\, n.
      1. The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of
            being erect upon the feet; stand.
  
      2. Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence
            in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom
            of long standing; an officer of long standing.
  
                     An ancient thing of long standing.      --Bunyan.
  
      3. Place to stand in; station; stand.
  
                     I will provide you a good standing to see his entry.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     I think in deep mire, where there is no standing.
                                                                              --Ps. lxix. 2.
  
      4. Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank;
            as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
  
      {Standing off} (Naut.), sailing from the land.
  
      {Standing on} (Naut.), sailing toward land.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Standing \Stand"ing\, a.
      1. Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
  
      2. Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
  
      3. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as,
            a standing color.
  
      4. Established by law, custom, or the like; settled;
            continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a
            standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of
            proceeding and standing committees.
  
      5. Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from
            a trundle-bed).
  
      {Standing army}. See {Standing army}, under {Army}.
  
      {Standing bolt}. See {Stud bolt}, under {Stud}, a stem.
  
      {Standing committee}, in legislative bodies, etc., a
            committee appointed for the consideration of all subjects
            of a particular class which shall arise during the session
            or a stated period.
  
      {Standing cup}, a tall goblet, with a foot and a cover.
  
      {Standing finish} (Arch.), that part of the interior
            fittings, esp. of a dwelling house, which is permanent and
            fixed in its place, as distinguished from doors, sashes,
            etc.
  
      {Standing order} (Eccl.), the denomination (Congregiational)
            established by law; -- a term formerly used in
            Connecticut. See also under {Order}.
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