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Stand

//stænd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
The act of standing.
"I took my stand upon an eminence […] to look into their several ladings."
2
A container which stands upright, such as a barrel or cask. Scotland, US, dated
"Item, for a ſtande of small ale - ii s."
3
a defensive effort wordnet
4
A defensive position or effort.
"The Commander says we will make our stand here."
5
A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch. obsolete

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6
a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance wordnet
7
A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
"They took a firm stand against copyright infringement."
8
a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air wordnet
9
A period of performance in a given location or venue.
"They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees."
10
a support or foundation wordnet
11
A device to hold something upright or aloft.
"He set the music upon the stand and began to play. an umbrella stand; a hat-stand"
12
a support for displaying or holding various articles wordnet
13
The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
"She took the stand and quietly answered questions."
14
a booth where articles are displayed for sale wordnet
15
An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange. historical
"When a member has failed to comply with his bargains the fact is announced from one of the stands, […]"
16
tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) wordnet
17
A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
"This stand of pines is older than the one next to it."
18
a small table for holding articles of various kinds wordnet
19
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.
20
a mental position from which things are viewed wordnet
21
A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
"One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth the matter, and is at a stand, to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie’s sake."
22
an interruption of normal activity wordnet
23
A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
24
a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area wordnet
25
A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
"a taxi stand"
26
the position where a thing or person stands wordnet
27
The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc. US, dated
"a good, bad, or convenient stand for business"
28
Ellipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”). US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
29
Grandstand. (often in the plural)
"The end of the opening period was relatively quite [sic] as Vassiljev's desperate shot from well outside the penalty area flew into the stand housing the Irish supporters and then Ward's ctoss [sic] was gathered by goalkeeper Pareiko."
30
A partnership.
"England wrapped up a five-wicket victory in the first Test as a stand of 132 between Alastair Cook and Ian Bell saw off an early West Indies charge."
31
A single set, as of arms.
"The police and troops captured eleven thousand stand of arms, including muskets and pistols, together with several thousand bludgeons and other weapons."
32
Rank; post; station; standing. obsolete
"Father, since your fortune did attain / So high a stand, I mean not to descend."
33
A state of perplexity or embarrassment. dated
"to be at a stand what to do"
34
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.
35
A location or position where one may stand.
"Come, I have found you out a stand most fit, / Where you may have such vantage on the duke, / He shall not pass you."
36
An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
"The cost of the printing alone will average $2 a 'stand.' The sheets are about 28x42 inches and are in four colors, which means they must go through the process four times."

Verb

1
To position or be positioned physically:; To support oneself on the feet in an erect position. copulative, intransitive
"Here I stand, wondering what to do next."
2
put up with something or somebody unpleasant wordnet
3
To position or be positioned physically:; To rise to one’s feet; to stand up. intransitive
"Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack."
4
have or maintain a position or stand on an issue wordnet
5
To position or be positioned physically:; To remain motionless. copulative, intransitive
"Do not leave your car standing in the road."

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withstand the force of something wordnet
7
To position or be positioned physically:; To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation. intransitive
"They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect."
8
be available for stud services wordnet
9
To position or be positioned physically:; To place in an upright or standing position. transitive
"He stood the broom in a corner and took a break."
10
be standing; be upright wordnet
11
To position or be positioned physically:; To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated. intransitive
"Paris stands on the Seine."
12
put into an upright position wordnet
13
To position or be positioned physically:; To measure when erect on the feet. intransitive
"His face, as I grant, in spite of spite / Has a broad-blown comeliness, red and white, / And six feet two, as I think, he stands; […]"
14
be in some specified state or condition wordnet
15
To position or be positioned physically:; To be present, to have welled up. intransitive, usually
"many an orphan’s water-standing eye"
16
hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright wordnet
17
To position or be positioned mentally:; To be positioned to gain or lose. intransitive, with-infinitive, with-to
"He stands to get a good price for the house."
18
be tall; have a height of; copula wordnet
19
To position or be positioned mentally:; To tolerate. transitive
"I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions."
20
be in effect; be or remain in force wordnet
21
To position or be positioned mentally:; To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe. copulative, intransitive
"[R]eaders by whose judgment I would stand or fall […]"
22
remain inactive or immobile wordnet
23
To position or be positioned mentally:; To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. copulative, intransitive
"The king granted the Jews[…]to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life."
24
occupy a place or location, also metaphorically wordnet
25
To position or be positioned mentally:; To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. copulative, intransitive, obsolete
"sacrifices[…]which stood only in meats and drinks"
26
To position or be positioned socially:; To act as an umpire. intransitive
27
To position or be positioned socially:; To undergo; withstand; hold up. transitive
"The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time."
28
To position or be positioned socially:; To be a candidate (in an election). British, intransitive
"He is standing for election to the local council."
29
To position or be positioned socially:; To remain valid. intransitive
"What I said yesterday still stands."
30
To position or be positioned socially:; To oppose, usually as a team, in competition. transitive
""Kim, Jack, and I will stand you guys," Jimmie Burdette said. / "We'll smear you!" laughed Ron."
31
To position or be positioned socially:; To cover the expense of; to pay for. transitive
"to stand a round of drinks"
32
To position or be positioned socially:; To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation. intransitive
"Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts."
33
To position or be positioned socially:; To be consistent; to agree; to accord. intransitive
"Doubt me not, by Heauen, I vvill doe nothing / But vvhat may ſtand vvith honour: […]"
34
To position or be positioned socially:; To appear in court. intransitive
35
Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.). intransitive
"To repaire his defects, hee stood for the coast of Calabria, but hearing there was six or seven Galleyes at Mesina hee departed thence for Malta[…]."
36
To remain without ruin or injury. copulative, intransitive
"My mind on its own centre stands unmov'd."
37
To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Cognates Cognate with Scots staund (“to stand”), Yola sthoan, sthoane, sthone, stoane (“to stand”), North Frisian staan, stoune, stuine, stun, stönje, stööne (“to stand”), Saterland Frisian stounde (“to stand”), Danish stande (“to stand”), Faroese and Icelandic standa (“to stand”), Norwegian Nynorsk standa, stå (“to stand”), Swedish stånda (“to stand”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (standan, “to stand”). From the related Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): West Frisian stean (“to stand”), Alemannic German staa (“to stand”), Central Franconian stiehn, stohn, stonn (“to stand”), Cimbrian stean (“to stand”), Dutch staan (“to stand”), German stehen, stehn (“to stand”), Low German stahn, staon (“to stand”), Luxembourgish stoen (“to stand”), Vilamovian śtejn (“to stand”), Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “to stand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish stå (“to stand”), Faroese stá (“to stand”). Also from *steh₂-: Breton and Cornish sevel (“to stand”), Welsh sefyll (“to stand”), Latin stō (“to stand”), Greek σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”), Albanian shtyllë (“pillar; column”), Latvian stāvēt (“to stand”), Lithuanian stóti, stovėti (“to stand”), Belarusian стая́ць (stajácʹ, “to stand”), Bulgarian стоя́ (stojá, “to stand, stay”), Czech stát (“to stand”), Macedonian стои (stoi, “to stand”), Polish stać, stojeć (“to stand”), Russian стоя́ть (stojátʹ, “to stand”), Serbo-Croatian ста̏јати, stȁjati (“to stand”), Slovak stáť (“to stand”), Slovene státi (“to stand”), Ukrainian стоя́ти (stojáty, “to stand”), Armenian ստվար (stvar, “large, thick; dense”), Ossetian стын (styn, “to stand up”), Northern Kurdish rawestîn (“to stand”), Persian ایستادن (istâdan), وایسادن (vâysâdan), وایستادن (vâystâdan, “to stand up”), Tocharian A ṣtäm- (“to stand”), Tocharian B stäm- (“to stand”), Sanskrit स्था (sthā, “to stand”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English stand, stande, stond, stonde, stoonde, probably from Middle Dutch stande, from Old Dutch *standan (“to stand”), from Frankish *standan. Forms with -o- may show influence of stonden (“stand”, verb).

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