∙ third-person singular simple present indicative form of stand
stand
Verb
∙ To position or be positioned physically.heading
∙ To support oneself on the feet in an erect position. intransitive
∙ To rise to one’s feet; to stand up. intransitive
∙ To remain motionless. intransitive
∙ To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation. intransitive
∙ To place in an upright or standing position. transitive
∙ To occupy or hold a place; to be situated or located. intransitive
∙ To measure when erect on the feet. intransitive
∙ To position or be positioned mentally.heading
∙ To be positioned to gain or lose. intransitive, followed by to + infinitive`
∙ To tolerate. transitive, negative
∙ To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe. intransitive
∙ To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. intransitive
∙ To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. intransitive, obsolete
∙ To position or be positioned socially.heading
∙ To act as an umpire. intransitive, cricket
∙ To undergo; withstand; hold up. transitive
∙ To seek election. intransitive, Britain
∙ To be valid. intransitive
∙ To oppose, usually as a team, in competition. transitive
∙ To cover the expense of; to pay for. transitive
∙ To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation. intransitive
∙ To be consistent; to agree; to accord. intransitive
∙ To appear in court. intransitive
∙ Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.). intransitive, nautical
∙ To remain without ruin or injury. intransitive
∙ To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far. card games
Noun
∙ The act of standing.
∙ A defensive position or effort.
∙ A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
∙ A period of performance in a given location or venue.
∙ A device to hold something upright or aloft.
∙ The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
∙ A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
∙ 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. forestry
∙ A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
∙ A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
∙ A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
∙ The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc. US, dated
∙ grandstand often in plural
∙ A partnership. cricket
∙ A single set, as of arms. military, plural often stand
∙ Rank; post; station; standing. obsolete
∙ A state of perplexity or embarrassment. dated
∙ 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. obsolete
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