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Stand   /stænd/   Listen
Stand

verb
(past & past part. stood; pres. part. standing)
1.
Be standing; be upright.  Synonym: stand up.  Antonyms: lie, sit.
2.
Be in some specified state or condition.
3.
Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically.
4.
Hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright.  Synonym: remain firm.  Antonym: yield.
5.
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.  Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate.  "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" , "He learned to tolerate the heat" , "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
6.
Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue.
7.
Remain inactive or immobile.
8.
Be in effect; be or remain in force.
9.
Be tall; have a height of; copula.
10.
Put into an upright position.  Synonyms: place upright, stand up.
11.
Withstand the force of something.  Synonyms: fend, resist.  "Stand the test of time" , "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
12.
Be available for stud services.
noun
1.
A support or foundation.  Synonyms: base, pedestal.
2.
The position where a thing or person stands.
3.
A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area.
4.
A small table for holding articles of various kinds.
5.
A support for displaying various articles.  Synonym: rack.
6.
An interruption of normal activity.  Synonyms: standstill, tie-up.
7.
A mental position from which things are viewed.  Synonyms: point of view, standpoint, viewpoint.  "Teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
8.
A booth where articles are displayed for sale.  Synonyms: sales booth, stall.
9.
A stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance.
10.
Tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade).
11.
A platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air.  Synonyms: bandstand, outdoor stage.
12.
A defensive effort.



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"Stand" Quotes from Famous Books



... been mentioned that Antenor and AEneas stand distinguished from the other Trojans by a dissatisfaction with Priam and a sympathy with the Greeks, which was by Sophocles and others construed as treacherous collusion,—a suspicion indirectly glanced at, though emphatically ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 • Various
... stand up for himself." Mr. Chester's gaze hovered about the room, and paused. "Who's that fellow? I believe I've seen ...
— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
... If the son had lost consciousness, he must be hidden from strange eyes, for this unconsciousness might in some way arouse suspicion. He arose and turned away from the window in the direction of the newcomer. He was undecided whether he would stand before the window covering it with his body or go forward to ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. IX - Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig • Various
... bath on the rear steps of the lodge Bobby swam and splashed, and scattered foam with his excited tail. He would not stand still to be groomed, but wriggled and twisted and leaped upon the children, putting his shaggy wet paws roguishly in their faces. But he stood there at last, after the jolliest romp, in which the old kirkyard rang with laughter, and oh! so bonny, ...
— Greyfriars Bobby • Eleanor Atkinson
... by the crimson flowering rata, the king of parasites, which having raised itself into the upper air by the aid of some unhappy pine, insinuates its fatal coils about its patron, until it has absorbed trunk and branch into itself, and so gathered sufficient strength to stand unaided like the chief of forest ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris


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