lie vs stand

lie

verb
  • To be placed or situated. 

  • Used with with: to have sexual relations with. 

  • To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition. 

  • Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist. 

  • To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information. 

  • To convey a false image or impression. 

  • Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person. 

  • To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. 

  • To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest. 

  • To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive. 

  • To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. 

noun
  • An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood. 

  • The position of a fetus in the womb. 

  • Anything that misleads or disappoints. 

  • The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown. 

  • The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck. 

  • An animal's lair. 

  • A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true. 

  • A manner of lying; relative position. 

stand

verb
  • To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated. 

  • To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation. 

  • To be valid. 

  • Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.). 

  • To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation. 

  • To be consistent; to agree; to accord. 

  • To remain without ruin or injury. 

  • To place in an upright or standing position. 

  • To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe. 

  • To appear in court. 

  • To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far. 

  • To be positioned to gain or lose. 

  • To undergo; withstand; hold up. 

  • To support oneself on the feet in an erect position. 

  • To remain motionless. 

  • To be present, to have welled up. 

  • To measure when erect on the feet. 

  • To be a candidate (in an election). 

  • To act as an umpire. 

  • To oppose, usually as a team, in competition. 

  • To tolerate. 

  • To cover the expense of; to pay for. 

  • To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. 

  • To rise to one’s feet; to stand up. 

noun
  • A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait. 

  • A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs. 

  • A single set, as of arms. 

  • The act of standing. 

  • A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit. 

  • A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand. 

  • An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper. 

  • A partnership. 

  • A defensive position or effort. 

  • 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. 

  • The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box. 

  • An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange. 

  • A device to hold something upright or aloft. 

  • A period of performance in a given location or venue. 

  • A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game. 

  • Grandstand. (often in the plural) 

  • A type of supernatural ability from the anime and manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, named for the fact that they appear to 'stand' next to their user. 

  • A location or position where one may stand. 

  • A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition. 

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