Stand(n.)
- To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
Stand(n.)
- To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
Stand(n.)
- To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
Stand(n.)
- To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
Stand(n.)
- To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
Stand(n.)
- To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.
Stand(n.)
- To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
Stand(n.)
- To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
Stand(n.)
- To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
Stand(n.)
- To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
Stand(n.)
- To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
Stand(n.)
- To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
Stand(n.)
- To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
Stand(n.)
- To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
Stand(n.)
- To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
Stand(v. i.)
- A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
Stand(v. i.)
- A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
Stand(v. i.)
- A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
Stand(v. i.)
- A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
Stand(v. i.)
- A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
Stand(v. i.)
- A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
Stand(v. i.)
- The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
Stand(v. i.)
- A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
Stand(v. i.)
- 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.
Stand(v. i.)
- A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
Standing(a.)
- Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
Standing(a.)
- Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
Standing(a.)
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
Standing(a.)
- Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
Standing(a.)
- Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).
Standing(n.)
- The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
Standing(n.)
- Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.