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stands
Noun
  • plural of stand
Verb
  • 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