Meaning of 'stand' (Webster Dictionary)
- To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an
upright or firm position
- To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect
position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
- To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed
by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
- To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be
situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
- To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause;
to halt; to remain stationary.
- 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.
- To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or
yield; to be safe.
- To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be
fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude;
to keep from falling into error or vice.
- 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.
- To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to
be; to consist.
- To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to
stand for the harbor.
- To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
- To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
- To measure when erect on the feet.
- To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have
efficacy or validity; to abide.
- To appear in court.
- The act of standing.
- A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or
opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
- A place or post where one stands; a place where one may
stand while observing or waiting for something.
- A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons
stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
- 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.
- 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.
- A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
- The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good,
bad, or convenient stand for business.
- Rank; post; station; standing.
- A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a
stand what to do.
- 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.
- A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred
pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
- To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the
cold or the heat.
- To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
- To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
- To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on
the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
- To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a
treat.
Meaning of 'stand' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds
Meaning (2):
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
Meaning (3):
- a mental position from which things are viewed
Example in sentence:- teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events;
- we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians
Meaning (4):
- a defensive effort
Example in sentence:- the army made a final stand at the Rhone
Meaning (5):
- a support or foundation
Meaning (6):
- a support for displaying various articles
Example in sentence:- the newspapers were arranged on a rack
Meaning (7):
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
Example in sentence:- they cut down a stand of trees
Meaning (8):
- put into an upright position
Example in sentence:- Can you stand the bookshelf up?
Meaning (9):
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Example in sentence:- he learned to tolerate the heat;
- I cannot bear his constant criticism;
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage;
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
Meaning (10):
- hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
Example in sentence:- I am standing my ground and won't give in!
Meaning (11):
- be in some specified state or condition
Meaning (12):
- be available for stud services
Example in sentence:- male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females
Meaning (13):
- be tall; have a height of; copula
Meaning (14):
- withstand the force of something
Example in sentence:- stand the test of time;
- The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow;
- The trees resisted her
Meaning (15):
- remain inactive or immobile
Meaning (16):
- be in effect; be or remain in force
Meaning (17):
- be standing; be upright
Example in sentence:- We had to stand for the entire performance!
Meaning (18):
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
Example in sentence:- We stand on common ground
Meaning (19):
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
Example in sentence:- Where do you stand on the War?
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