Does stand in this sentence count as a verb? 'Elena stands her ground against them'.
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I am writing an essay and we have to use a subject and predicate but I dont know if stand in this sentence can be used as a predicate.

Read these lines from stanza 5 of the poem, “they shot wook kim” and answe the question. hung in the air/over that petroleum morgue that night. what does the use of the phrase “petroleum morgue” best suggest? an atmosphere of chemical detachment an unsettling place of ultimate rest a dark street containing a lifeless body an area containing putrid substances and smells