Stand

[stænd]

Definition

(noun.) a defensive effort; 'the army made a final stand at the Rhone'.

(noun.) a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; 'a one-night stand'.

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

(noun.) a small table for holding articles of various kinds; 'a bedside stand'.

(noun.) an interruption of normal activity.

(noun.) a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; 'they cut down a stand of trees'.

(noun.) the position where a thing or person stands.

(verb.) have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; 'Where do you stand on the War?'.

(verb.) be standing; be upright; 'We had to stand for the entire performance!'.

(verb.) put into an upright position; 'Can you stand the bookshelf up?'.

(verb.) be in some specified state or condition; 'I stand corrected'.

(verb.) hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; 'I am standing my ground and won't give in!'.

(verb.) be tall; have a height of; copula; 'She stands 6 feet tall'.

(verb.) be in effect; be or remain in force; 'The law stands!'.

(verb.) remain inactive or immobile; 'standing water'.

(verb.) occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; 'We stand on common ground'.

(verb.) be available for stud services; 'male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females'.

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Definition

(n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

(n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.

(n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.

(n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.

(n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.

(n.) 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.

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

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

(n.) To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.

(n.) 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.

(n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.

(n.) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.

(n.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.

(n.) To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.

(n.) To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.

(n.) To measure when erect on the feet.

(n.) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.

(n.) To appear in court.

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

(v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.

(v. t.) To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.

(v. t.) To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.

(v. t.) To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.

(v. i.) The act of standing.

(v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.

(v. i.) A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.

(v. i.) A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) A place where a witness stands to testify in court.

(v. i.) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.

(v. i.) Rank; post; station; standing.

(v. i.) A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Be upon the feet, rest on the feet.[2]. Be erect, continue erect, remain upright.[3]. Be placed, be situated.[4]. Remain, continue, abide, be fixed.[5]. Stop, halt, pause.[6]. Stay, be firm, be resolute, keep one's position, maintain one's ground, stand one's ground.[7]. Rank, have rank, hold a place.[8]. Be (emphatically).[9]. Be valid, have force, have validity.[10]. Be a candidate.[11]. (Naut.) Steer, hold a course.

v. a. [1]. Endure, sustain, bear, weather, bear up against.[2]. Resist (without flinching), oppose, withstand, stand against.[3]. Abide, await, submit to.[4]. Put, place, set upright.

n. [1]. Stop, halt, stay.[2]. Post, position, place.[3]. Interruption, cessation, standstill.[4]. Small table.[5]. Stall, booth, shop.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Rest, remain, stop, be, exist, {keep_one's_ground}, insist, depend, await,consist, hold, continue, endure, pause, halt

ANT:Progress, move, proceed, advance, fall, fail, yield, succumb, drop, lie,vanish, fade, run, depart

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Definition

n. a place where one stands or remains for any purpose: a place beyond which one does not go the highest or ultimate point: an erection for spectators at races &c.: the place of a witness in court: something on which anything rests a frame for glasses &c.: a stop obstruction rest quiescence: a state of cessation from action motion or business: a state of perplexity or hesitation: a difficulty resistance.—Be at a stand to stop on account of doubt or difficulty: to hesitate to be perplexed; Make a stand to halt and offer resistance; Put to a stand to stop arrest.

v.i. to cease to move: to be stationary: to occupy a certain position: to stagnate: to be at rest: to be fixed in an upright position to be erect to be on the feet—as opposed to sit lie kneel &c.: to become or remain erect: to have a position or rank: to be in a particular state to be with relation to something else: to maintain an attitude: to be fixed or firm: to keep one's ground: to remain unimpaired: to endure to be consistent: to consist: to depend or be supported: to offer one's self as a candidate: to have a certain direction: to hold a course at sea.—v.t. to endure: to sustain: to suffer: to abide by: to be at the expense of to offer and pay for:—pa.t. and pa.p. stood.—ns. Stand′er; Stand′er-by (Shak.) a spectator; Stand′er-up one who stands up or who takes a side.—adj. Stand′ing established: settled: permanent: fixed: stagnant: being erect.—n. continuance: existence: place to stand in: position in society: a right or capacity to sue or maintain an action.—n. Stand′ing-ground a place on which to stand any basis or principle on which one rests.—n.pl. Stand′ing-or′ders the name given to permanent regulations made by either House of Parliament for the conduct of its proceedings and enduring from parliament to parliament unless rescinded.—ns. Stand′ing-pool (Shak.) a pool of stagnant water; Stand′ing-rig′ging the ropes in a ship that remain fixed; Stand′ing-room place in which to stand.—n.pl. Stand′ing-stones monoliths of unhewn stone erected singly or in groups.—n. Stand′ish a standing dish for pen and ink.—adj. Stand′-off holding others off reserved—also Stand′-off′ish.—ns. Stand′-off′ishness a distant reserved and haughty manner; Stand′-pipe a vertical pipe at a reservoir into which the water is pumped up so as to give it a head: a small pipe inserted into an opening in a water-main: a pipe permitting expansion as of hot water: a pipe sufficiently high for its contents to be forced into a boiler against the steam-pressure; Stand′-point a station or position from which objects are viewed: a basis or fundamental principle according to which things are compared and judged; Stand′still a standing without moving forward: a stop.—adj. Stand′-up standing erect: done standing noting a fair boxing-match.—Stand against to resist; Stand by to support; Stand fast to be unmoved; Stand fire to remain steady under the fire of an enemy—also figuratively; Stand for to be a candidate for: (naut.) to direct the course towards; Stand from to direct the course from; Stand in to cost; Stand in with to have a secret understanding with as policemen with publicans; Stand low (print.) to fall short of the standard height; Stand off to keep at a distance: to direct the course from: (Shak.) to forbear compliance or intimacy; Stand off and on to sail away from shore and then towards it; Stand on to continue on the same tack or course: (Shak.) to be satisfied or convinced of; Stand one's ground to maintain one's position; Stand out to project to be prominent: not to comply to refuse to yield; Stand to to agree to adhere to abide by maintain; Stand together to agree to be consistent with; Stand trial not to give up without trial; Stand under (Shak.) to undergo to sustain; Stand up to rise from a sitting posture; Stand up for to support or attempt to defend; Stand upon (B.) to attack; Stand up to to meet face to face to fulfil manfully; Stand up with to dance with as a partner; Stand with to be consistent.

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