Stand

Definition:

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

Compare stand with other words:

cute vs. stand

denote vs. stand

stand vs. stane

stand vs. stang

staid vs. stand

stand vs. strand

sand vs. stand

stand vs. stank

stand vs. workshop

holder vs. stand

stand vs. uncooperative

stand vs. stey

abide vs. stand

cope vs. stand

rack vs. stand

stand vs. weave

abdicate vs. stand

outstand vs. stand

stand vs. upstare

stand vs. stound

stand vs. vendor

sit vs. stand

plinth vs. stand

lay vs. stand

depend vs. stand

stand vs. view

keep vs. stand

mobile vs. stand

stand vs. stood

platform vs. stand

idle vs. stand

content vs. stand

stand vs. stick

stall vs. stand

arise vs. stand

hastener vs. stand

bookstand vs. stand

stand vs. stond

stand vs. stander

bleachers vs. stand

overstride vs. stand

stand vs. terracing

footboard vs. stand

stand vs. straddle

lectern vs. stand

riser vs. stand

stand vs. taboret

footing vs. stand

feisty vs. stand

copse vs. stand

projection vs. stand

stand vs. trivet

bumptious vs. stand

stand vs. wicketkeeper

stance vs. stand

kiosk vs. stand

obstacle vs. stand

caster vs. stand

insist vs. stand

maintain vs. stand

stand vs. valet

podium vs. stand

stagger vs. stand

bluff vs. stand

position vs. stand

stand vs. thrall

approach vs. stand

bier vs. stand

stand vs. totter

stand vs. tripod

stand vs. stomach

stand vs. stay

foot vs. stand

outstanding vs. stand

stand vs. standpoint

pitch vs. stand

stand vs. weight

scion vs. stand

embarrassment vs. stand

stand vs. stock

perplexity vs. stand

arms vs. stand

set vs. stand

partnership vs. stand

booth vs. stand

stage vs. stand

stand vs. standstill

stand vs. tree

grove vs. stand

court vs. stand

aloft vs. stand

stand vs. venue

opposition vs. stand

stand vs. unwavering

opinion vs. stand

firm vs. stand

defensive vs. stand

resolute vs. stand

effort vs. stand

stand vs. upstand

stand vs. understand

stand vs. steer

sail vs. stand

stand vs. valid

stand vs. vertical

place vs. stand

seek vs. stand

stand vs. withstand

stand vs. upright

stand vs. tolerate

remain vs. stand

stand vs. undergo

stand vs. umpire

erect vs. stand

stand vs. support