dart vs standing

dart

noun
  • A sudden or fast movement. 

  • A fish, the dace. 

  • Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly. 

  • A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin. 

  • Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow. 

  • A cigarette. 

  • Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon. 

  • A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts. 

  • A fold that is stitched on a garment. 

  • A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters. 

verb
  • To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch. 

  • To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart. 

  • To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly. 

  • To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot. 

  • To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along. 

standing

noun
  • The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands. 

  • Position or reputation in society or a profession. 

  • The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list. 

  • Duration. 

  • The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates. 

  • Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles 

adj
  • Erect, not cut down. 

  • Performed from an erect position. 

  • Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting. 

  • Not movable; fixed. 

  • Stagnant; not moving or flowing. 

  • Remaining in force or status. 

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