STAND
\stˈand], \stˈand], \s_t_ˈa_n_d]\
Definitions of STAND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
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a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
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hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!"
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a booth where articles are displayed for sale
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occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground"
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a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"
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a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand"
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tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
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a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"
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a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees"
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be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
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an interruption of normal activity
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the position where a thing or person stands
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have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"
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be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"
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be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"
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be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"
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be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!"
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remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"
By Princeton University
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put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
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a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
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hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!"
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a booth where articles are displayed for sale
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occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground"
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a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"
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a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand"
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tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
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a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"
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a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees"
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be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
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an interruption of normal activity
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
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To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.
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To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
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To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
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To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
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To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
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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.
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To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
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To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
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To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
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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.
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To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
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To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
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To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
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To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
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To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
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To measure when erect on the feet.
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To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
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To appear in court.
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To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
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To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
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To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
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To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
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To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
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The act of standing.
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A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
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A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
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A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
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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.
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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.
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A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
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The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
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Rank; post; station; standing.
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A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
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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.
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A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
By Oddity Software
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A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
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To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of standing.
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To place upright.
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To put up with; bear. To be or remain upright.
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To be in a condition or attitude.
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To be situated; lie.
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To rest; depend.
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Standby.
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Stander.
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A supporting structure; plarform; small table, etc. 2 Position; place.
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A halt; hesitation; resistance.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To be stationary on the feet in an erect or upright position; hence, be upright; be placed or situated; as, the table stands in the corner; become a candidate; as, to stand for office; remain firm; abide; as, I stand to what I have said; remain in existence, especially without injury or change; endure; last; as, the house still stands; hold a course at sea; as, to stand for the harbor.
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To set on the feet or on end in an upright position; put up with; endure; bear; as, to stand insult; pass through; as, to stand a test; colloquially, pay for; as, to stand treat.
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A stop or halt for the purpose of defense or resistance; raised platform or series of raised seats for spectators; as, a grand stand; small table; any fixed station or position; as, to take one's stand at the window; firm or decided position; as, to make a stand for the right.
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Stood.
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Standing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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 have a position or rank: to be in a particular state: to maintain an attitude: to be fixed or firm: to keep one's ground: to remain unimpaired: to endure: 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.
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To endure: to sustain: to suffer: to abide by:-pa.t. and pa.p. stood.
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STANDER. -STAND AGAINST, to resist:-BY, to support:-FAST, to be unmoved:-FOR, to be a candidate for: (naut.) to direct the course towards:-OUT, to project:-TO (B.) to agree to:-UP, to rise from a sitting posture:-UPON (B.) to attack:-with, to be consistent.
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A place where one stands or remains for any purpose: a place beyond which one does not go: an erection for spectators: something on which anything rests: a stop: a difficulty: resistance.
By Daniel Lyons
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A place for standing on; stopping-place; resistance; stop; station; place for trade; small table.
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To be stationary; be erect or on the feet; be in any state or attitude; persist; maintain a position; be a candidate.
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To endure; abide by; hold.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. A place or post where one stands ;- hence, a station in a city for carriages, cabs, and the like;-a stop ; a halt ;-an erection for spectators; any frame on which vessels and utensils may be laid; -the place where a witness stands to testify in court;- act of opposing; resistance;-highest point; point from which the next step is retrogessive;-a difficulty; perplexity;-rank; station; standing ;-young tree left when others are cut down ; standard.