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offstanding

adj

Etymology

From off- + standing. Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”), German Abstand (“distance”), Swedish avstånd (“distance”).

  1. derived from *standaną✻ — “to stand”
  2. inherited from *standandz✻ — “standing”
  3. inherited from standende
  4. inherited from standynge
  5. prefixed as offstanding — “off + standing”

Definitions

  1. Standing off

    Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.

    • In the offstanding hill near Little Malvern the rock is porphyritic, being composed of small, light-coloured crystals of felspar set in an amorphous greenish [...]
    • Forcing teeth farther apart was formerly regarded as a necessary preliminary step to moving offstanding ones into the arch, [...]
    • A nut-lock including a plate perforated to receive a bolt, having an offstanding nut-engaging flange and a neck [...]

  2. present participle and gerund of offstand

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA