Definitions
1.VerbTo position or be positioned physically:
To support oneself on the feet in an erect position."Here I stand, wondering what to do next.; I can't reach the celing. Get me a chair to stand on.; Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.; Do not leave your car standing in the road.; He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.; Paris stands on the Seine."
2.VerbTo support oneself on the feet in an erect position."Here I stand, wondering what to do next.; I can't reach the celing. Get me a chair to stand on."
3.VerbTo rise to one’s feet; to stand up."Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack."
4.VerbTo remain motionless."Do not leave your car standing in the road."
5.VerbTo be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
6.VerbTo place in an upright or standing position."He stood the broom in a corner and took a break."
7.VerbTo occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated."Paris stands on the Seine."
8.VerbTo measure when erect on the feet.
9.VerbTo be present, to have welled up.
10.VerbTo position or be positioned mentally:
To be positioned to gain or lose."He stands to get a good price for the house.; I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions.; I can’t stand him."
11.VerbTo be positioned to gain or lose."He stands to get a good price for the house."
12.VerbTo tolerate."I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions.; I can’t stand him."
13.VerbTo maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
14.VerbTo maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
15.VerbTo be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
16.VerbTo position or be positioned socially:
To act as an umpire.
To undergo; withstand; hold up."The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time.; He is standing for election to the local council.; What I said yesterday still stands.; to stand a round of drinks; to stand a treat; to stand bail (security in respect of an arrested person); Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts."
17.VerbTo act as an umpire.
18.VerbTo undergo; withstand; hold up."The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time."
19.VerbTo be a candidate (in an election)."He is standing for election to the local council."
20.VerbTo remain valid."What I said yesterday still stands."
21.VerbTo oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
22.VerbTo cover the expense of; to pay for."to stand a round of drinks; to stand a treat; to stand bail (security in respect of an arrested person)"
23.VerbTo have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation."Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts."
24.VerbTo be consistent; to agree; to accord.
25.VerbTo appear in court.
26.VerbOf a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
27.VerbTo remain without ruin or injury.
28.VerbTo stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
29.NounThe act of standing.
30.NounA defensive position or effort."The Commander says we will make our stand here."
31.NounA resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition."They took a firm stand against copyright infringement."
32.NounA period of performance in a given location or venue."They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees.; They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week."
33.NounA device to hold something upright or aloft."He set the music upon the stand and began to play. an umbrella stand; a hat-stand"
34.NounThe platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box."She took the stand and quietly answered questions."
35.NounAn area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
36.NounA particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs."This stand of pines is older than the one next to it."
37.NounA 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.
38.NounA standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
39.NounA small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
40.NounA designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait."a taxi stand"
41.NounThe situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc."a good, bad, or convenient stand for business"
42.NounEllipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).
43.NounGrandstand.
44.NounA partnership.
45.NounA single set, as of arms.
46.NounRank; post; station; standing.
47.NounA state of perplexity or embarrassment."to be at a stand what to do"
48.NounA 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.
49.NounA location or position where one may stand.
50.NounAn advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
51.NounA container which stands upright, such as a barrel or cask.
52.NounA weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.