standing
/ˈstændɪŋ/ adjective C2- Erect, not cut down.
- Performed from an erect position. · standing ovation
- Remaining in force or status; ongoing. · standing committee
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing. · standing water
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting. · a standing colour
- Not movable; fixed. · a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed· the standing rigging of a ship
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He called to her and earnestly begged her to come lower down, lest she fall by some mishap; and he added that the meadows lay where he was standing, and that the herbage was most tender.
When these people drew near the house where Dorothy was standing in the doorway, they paused and whispered among themselves, as if afraid to come farther.
Dorothy was going to ask another question, but just then the Munchkins, who had been standing silently by, gave a loud shout and pointed to the corner of the house where the Wicked Witch had been lying.
There was the Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her.
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