stand
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Definition
verb (English)
1. To position or be positioned physically:Examples: "Here I stand, wondering what to do next."; "I can't reach the celing. Get me a chair to stand on."; "Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell full upon her."copulativeintransitive
2. To position or be positioned physically:Examples: "Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack."intransitive
3. To position or be positioned physically:Examples: "Do not leave your car standing in the road."; "The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was."; "The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking."copulativeintransitive
4. To position or be positioned physically:Examples: "They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect."; "He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom […]"intransitive
5. To position or be positioned physically:Examples: "He stood the broom in a corner and took a break."; "At one time a "standard test" for carriage riding was to stand a pencil on end on the compartment floor, or to measure how long it was possible to stand on one leg without touching the corridor walls; [...]."transitive
6. To position or be positioned physically:Examples: "Paris stands on the Seine."; "The chapel ſtands on the South ſide of the ſquare, near the governor’s houſe."; "Las Vegas police say the number of people injured now stands at 515."intransitive
noun (English)
1. (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.Examples: "When a member has failed to comply with his bargains the fact is announced from one of the stands, […]"; "Just as that clock is striking now, the two waiters appear on the stands and take off their hats, as if to a corpse."historical
2. (forestry) 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.
3. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.Examples: "a good, bad, or convenient stand for business"USdated
4. (US, historical) Ellipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).USabbreviationalt-ofellipsishistorical
5. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)Examples: "The end of the opening period was relatively quite [sic] as Vassiljev's desperate shot from well outside the penalty area flew into the stand housing the Irish supporters and then Ward's ctoss [sic] was gathered by goalkeeper Pareiko."
6. (cricket) A partnership.Examples: "England wrapped up a five-wicket victory in the first Test as a stand of 132 between Alastair Cook and Ian Bell saw off an early West Indies charge."
noun (English)
1. (US, Scotland, dated) A container which stands upright, such as a barrel or cask.Examples: "Item, for a ſtande of small ale - ii s."; "[…]one gialfatte, 3 stannes 3s.,[…]"; "Therefore at length sir Iefferie bethought him of a feat whereby he might both visit the alestond, and also keepe his othe."ScotlandUSdated
2. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary