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Stand

verb

(past & past part. stood; pres. part. standing)

1.

Be standing; be upright. Synonym: stand up.

2.

Be in some specified state or condition.

3.

Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically.

4.

Hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright. Synonym: remain firm.

5.

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate. "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" , "He learned to tolerate the heat" , "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

6.

Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue.

7.

Remain inactive or immobile.

8.

Be in effect; be or remain in force.

9.

Be tall; have a height of; copula.

10.

Put into an upright position. Synonyms: place upright, stand up.

11.

Withstand the force of something. Synonyms: fend, resist. "Stand the test of time" , "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

12.

Be available for stud services.

noun

1.

A support or foundation. Synonyms: base, pedestal.

2.

The position where a thing or person stands.

3.

A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area.

4.

A small table for holding articles of various kinds.

5.

A support for displaying various articles. Synonym: rack.

6.

An interruption of normal activity. Synonyms: standstill, tie-up.

7.

A mental position from which things are viewed. Synonyms: point of view, standpoint, viewpoint. "Teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

8.

A booth where articles are displayed for sale. Synonyms: sales booth, stall.

9.

A stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance.

10.

Tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade).

11.

A platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air. Synonyms: bandstand, outdoor stage.

12.

A defensive effort.

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"Stand" Quotes from Famous Books

... House until after a motion for his expulsion had been carried. As Fritz in La Grande Duchesse expressed his wish to become a schoolmaster, in order that he might obtain some smattering of education, so an immoral M.P. (if any such there be) would be the very one to stand sponsor for a Bill for the Better Preservation of Public Morals, with a view to gaining that elementary knowledge of morality in which his education had been defective. But no one could have brought up some awkward case against him in the ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 • Various

... and as true literature in Poe's Tales as in Milton's epics; only the elevation and dimensions differ. But I would rather live in a world that possessed only literature of the Poe caliber, than shiver in one echoing solely the strains of the Miltonian muse. Mere human beings are not constructed to stand all day a-tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; they like to walk the streets most of the time and sit in easy chairs. And writings that picture the human mind and nature, in true colors and in artistic proportions, are literature, and nobody has any business to pooh-pooh ...

— Stories by Modern American Authors • Julian Hawthorne

... sufficiently for this unfortunate assault, for which they are now to stand their trial. I cannot, in their distress, revenge either my own or my father's wrongs. I am sure he would be sorry if I did; for I have often and often heard him say, 'Never trample ...

— Tales & Novels, Vol. 2 • Maria Edgeworth

... with a crashing of metal arms. The bow shot upward while a blast of wind tore at the stubby wings. The slim ship tried to stand erect. Another furious, beating wind lifted her bodily, as Harkness, clinging desperately within the narrow room, threw his full weight upon ...

— Astounding Stories, May, 1931 • Various

... told the Superintendent. "She's too young and full of ideals to have anything so ordinary as a romance. Everybody," his laugh was not too pleasant, "can have a romance! And few people can be so filled with ideals as Miss Thompson. Oh, it's her ideals that I can't stand! It's her impractical way of gazing at life through pink-coloured glasses. She'll never be of any real use here in the slums. I'm only afraid that she'll come to some harm because she's so trusting and over-sincere. I'd hate to see her placed in direct contact with some of the young men that I work ...

— The Island of Faith • Margaret E. Sangster

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