Upstand
adj, noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface.
Verb
- 1 To stand up; arise; be erect; rise. intransitive
"At once, upstood the monarch, and upstood / The wise Ulysses."
Adjective
- 1 (of a beam) Having its top surface above the slab with which it integrates; "an upstand beam". not-comparable
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More examples"At once, upstood the monarch, and upstood / The wise Ulysses."
Etymology
From Middle English upstanden, equivalent to up- + stand. Cognate with Dutch opstaan (“to rise, stand up”), German aufstehen (“to arise, get up, stand up”), Swedish uppstå (“to arise, emerge, come up”).
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