S: (n) position, view, perspective (a way of regarding situations or topics etc.) "consider what follows from the positivist view"
S: (n) position, posture, attitude (the arrangement of the body and its limbs) "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
S: (n) status, position (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society) "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
S: (n) position, spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated) "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
S: (n) position (the appropriate or customary location) "the cars were in position"
S: (n) position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player) "what position does he play?"
S: (n) situation, position (a condition or position in which you find yourself) "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
S: (n) hard line (a firm and uncompromising stance or position) "the governor took a hard line on drugs"
S: (n) point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint (a mental position from which things are viewed) "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
S: (n) side, position (an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute) "there are two sides to every question"
S: (n) place, position (an item on a list or in a sequence) "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
S: (n) stead, position, place, lieu (the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another) "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
S: (n) position (the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom)
Verb
S: (v) position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)
S: (v) put, set, place, pose, position, lay (put into a certain place or abstract location) "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
S: (v) replace, put back (put something back where it belongs) "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
S: (v) hang up (put a telephone receiver back in its cradle)
S: (v) stratify (form, arrange, or deposit in layers) "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses"
S: (v) plant (place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive) "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"
S: (v) intersperse (place at intervals in or among) "intersperse exclamation marks in the text"
S: (v) interleave (intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data)
S: (v) nestle, snuggle (position comfortably) "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"
S: (v) pile (place or lay as if in a pile) "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
S: (v) arrange, set up (put into a proper or systematic order) "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
S: (v) structure (give a structure to) "I need to structure my days"
S: (v) restructure, reconstitute (construct or form anew or provide with a new structure) "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted"
S: (v) interlock, mesh (coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively)
S: (v) stratify (form layers or strata) "The rock stratifies"
S: (v) string, thread, draw (thread on or as if on a string) "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
S: (v) blow (lay eggs) "certain insects are said to blow"
S: (v) bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest (place in a grave or tomb) "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
S: (v) rebury (bury again) "After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot"
S: (v) retrofit (fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house) "The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing"
S: (v) reinstall (install again) "She reinstalled the washer after it had been repaired"
S: (v) post, put up (place so as to be noticed) "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
S: (v) situate, fix, posit, deposit (put (something somewhere) firmly) "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
S: (v) bury (place in the earth and cover with soil) "They buried the stolen goods"
S: (v) rat (give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat)
S: (v) set (put into a position that will restore a normal state) "set a broken bone"
S: (v) siphon (move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action) "siphon gas into the tank"
S: (v) seat (place or attach firmly in or on a base) "seat the camera on the tripod"
S: (v) position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)
S: (v) deploy (place troops or weapons in battle formation)
S: (v) play (put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game) "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory"
S: (v) pitch (lead (a card) and establish the trump suit)
S: (v) cover (play a higher card than the one previously played) "Smith covered again"
S: (v) declare (designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand)
S: (v) aim, take, train, take aim, direct (point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards) "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
S: (v) target, aim, place, direct, point (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal) "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
W: (n) set [Related to: set] (the act of putting something in position) "he gave a final set to his hat"
W: (n) setting [Related to: set] (the physical position of something) "he changed the setting on the thermostat"
W: (n) place [Related to: place] (a blank area) "write your name in the space provided"
W: (n) place [Related to: place] (the particular portion of space occupied by something) "he put the lamp back in its place"
W: (n) place [Related to: place] (a point located with respect to surface features of some region) "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
W: (n) placement [Related to: place] (the spatial property of the way in which something is placed) "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs"