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Definition of Stand

1. Noun. A support or foundation. "The base of the lamp"

2. Verb. Be standing; be upright. "The chairs stand in the corner"; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"

3. Verb. Be in some specified state or condition. "I stand corrected"

4. Noun. The position where a thing or person stands.

5. Verb. Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically. "We stand on common ground"

6. Noun. A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area. "They cut down a stand of trees"

7. Noun. A small table for holding articles of various kinds. "A bedside stand"

8. Verb. Hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright. "I am standing my ground and won't give in!"

9. Verb. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. "Sam cannot stand Sue "; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

10. Noun. A support for displaying various articles. "The newspapers were arranged on a rack"

11. Verb. Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue. "Where do you stand on the War?"

12. Noun. An interruption of normal activity.

13. Verb. Remain inactive or immobile. "Standing water"

14. Noun. A mental position from which things are viewed. "Teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

15. Noun. A booth where articles are displayed for sale.

16. Verb. Be in effect; be or remain in force. "The law stands!"

17. Noun. A stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance. "A one-night stand"

18. Verb. Be tall; have a height of; copula. "She stands 6 feet tall"

19. Noun. Tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade).

20. Verb. Put into an upright position. "They stand the bags on the table"; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"

21. Verb. Withstand the force of something. "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

22. Noun. A platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air.

23. Noun. A defensive effort. "The army made a final stand at the Rhone"

24. Verb. Be available for stud services. "Male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"

Definition of Stand

1. v. i. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

2. v. t. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.

3. n. The act of standing.

4. v. i. To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.

Definition of Stand

1. Verb. (intransitive) To be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To remain motionless. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive followed by ''to'' + infinitive`) To be positioned to gain or lose. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive cricket) To act as an umpire. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive negative) To tolerate. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive British) To seek election. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.). ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive) to be valid. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) ¹

13. Noun. A defensive position or effort. (rfex) ¹

14. Noun. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition. ¹

15. Noun. A period of performance in a given location or venue. ¹

16. Noun. A device to hold something upright or aloft. ¹

17. Noun. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box. ¹

18. Noun. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs. ¹

19. Noun. (context: forestry) 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. ¹

20. Noun. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game. ¹

21. Noun. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand. ¹

22. Noun. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait: ''taxi stand''. ¹

23. Noun. (sports) grandstand (qualifier often in plural) ¹

24. Noun. (cricket) A partnership. ¹

25. Noun. (military plural often '''stand''') A single set, ''as'' of arms. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stand

1. to assume or maintain an upright position [v STOOD, STANDING, STANDS]

Medical Definition of Stand

1. 1. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as: To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. "I pray you all, stand up!" . To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation. "It stands as it were to the ground yglued." (Chaucer) "The ruined wall Stands when its wind worn battlements are gone." (Byron) 2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine. "Wite ye not where there stands a little town?" (Chaucer) 3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary. "I charge thee, stand, And tell thy name." (Dryden) "The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was." (Matt. Ii. 9) 4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources. "My mind on its own center stands unmoved." (Dryden) 5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe. "Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall." (Spectator) 6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. "The standing pattern of their imitation." "The king granted the Jews . . . To gather themselves together, and to stand for their life." (Esther viii. 11) 7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice. "We must labour so as to stand with godliness, according to his appointment." (Latimer) 8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts. 9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. "Sacrifices . . . Which stood only in meats and drinks." "Accomplish what your signs foreshow; I stand resigned, and am prepared to go." (Dryden) "Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry." (Sir W. Scott) 10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord. "Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing But what may stand with honor." (Massinger) 11. To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor. "From the same parts of heaven his navy stands." (Dryden) 12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate. "He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university." (Walton) 13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless. "Or the black water of Pomptina stands." (Dryden) 14. To measure when erect on the feet. "Six feet two, as I think, he stands." (Tennyson) 15. To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide. To appear in court. Stand by, a preparatory order, equivalent to Be ready. To stand against, to opposite; to resist. To stand by. To be near; to be a spectator; to be present. To be aside; to be aside with disregard. "In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected." . To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert; as, to stand by one's principles or party. To rest on for support; to be supported by. To stand corrected, to be set right, as after an error in a statement of fact. To stand fast, to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable. To stand firmly on, to be satisfied or convinced of. "Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his wife's frailty." . To stand for. To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to defend. "I stand wholly for you." . To be in the place of; to be the substitute or to represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure stands for nothing. "I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another." . To stand in, to cost. "The same standeth them in much less cost." . "The Punic wars could not have stood the human race in less than three millions of the species." (Burke) To stand in hand, to conduce to one's interest; to be serviceable or advantageous. To stand off. To keep at a distance. Not to comply. To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquaintance. To appear prominent; to have relief. "Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved." . To stand off and on, to continue on the same tack or course. To stand out. To project; to be prominent. "Their eyes stand out with fatness." . To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede. "His spirit is come in, That so stood out against the holy church." (Shak) To stand to. To ply; to urge; to persevere in using. "Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars." . To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. "I will stand to it, that this is his sense." . To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contrast, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to one's word. Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's ground. "Their lives and fortunes were put in safety, whether they stood to it or ran away." . To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands to reason that he could not have done so. To support; to uphold. "Stand to me in this cause." . To stand together, to be consistent; to agree. To stand to sea, to direct the course from land. To stand under, to undergo; to withstand. To stand up. To rise from sitting; to be on the feet. To arise in order to speak or act. "Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed." . To rise and stand on end, as the hair. To put one's self in opposition; to contend. "Once we stood up about the corn." . To stand up for, to defend; to justify; to support, or attempt to support; as, to stand up for the administration. To stand upon. To concern; to interest. To value; to esteem. "We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth." . To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony. To attack; to assault. "So I stood upon him, and slew him." . To stand with, to be consistent with. "It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally." . Origin: OE. Standen; AS. Standan; akin to OFries. Stonda, stan, D. Staan, OS. Standan, stan, G. Stehen, Icel. Standa, Dan. Staae, Sw. Sta, Goth. Standan, Russ. Stoiate, L. Stare, Gr. To cause to stand, to stand, Skr. Stha. 163. Cf. Assist, Constant, Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist, Interstice, Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, Rest remainder, Soltice, Stable, &, State, Statute, Stead, Steed, Stool, Stud of horses, Substance, System. 1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat. 2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. "Love stood the siege." "He stood the furious foe." (Pope) 3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer. "Bid him disband his legions, . . . And stand the judgment of a Roman senate." (Addison) 4. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet. 5. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat. To stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way. To stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. "Pleasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers." . To stand trial, to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial. 1. The act of standing. "I took my stand upon an eminence . . . To look into thier several ladings." (Spectator) 2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand. "Vice is at stand, and at the highest flow." (Dryden) 3. A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something. "I have found you out a stand most fit, Where you may have such vantage on the duke, He shall not pass you." (Shak) 4. A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand. 5. A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course. 6. A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand. 7. A place where a witness stands to testify in court. 8. The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business. 9. Rank; post; station; standing. "Father, since your fortune did attain So high a stand, I mean not to descend." (Daniel) 10. A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do. 11. 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. 12. A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch. Microscope stand, the instrument, excepting the eyepiece, objective, and other removable optical parts. Stand of ammunition, the projectile, cartridge, and sabot connected together. Stand of arms. A single colour, or flag. To be at a stand, to be stationary or motionless; to be at a standstill; hence, to be perplexed; to be embarrassed. To make a stand, to halt for the purpose of offering resistance to a pursuing enemy. Synonym: Stop, halt, rest, interruption, obstruction, perplexity, difficulty, embarrassment, hesitation. Origin: As. Stand. See Stand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stand

stanchel stanchels stancher stanchers stanches stanchest stanching stanchion stanchioned stanchioning

stanchions stanchless stanchly stanchness stanck stand-alone stand-down stand-in stand-ins stand-off

stand-offish stand-offishly stand-out stand-to stand-up stand-up comedy stand-up guy stand-ups stand a chance

Literary usage of Stand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"Then did Christian begin to be afraid, and to cast in his mind whether to go back or to stand his ground. But he considered again that he had Christian has ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"Tender-conscience arrives at a place inhere stand the House of Mourning, and the House of Mirth—His entertainment at the House of Mourning—He is in imminent ..."

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