Stand

/stænd/ · verb

Meaning

To position or be positioned physically:.

Definitions by Sense

1. To position or be positioned physically:
2. To position or be positioned mentally:
3. To position or be positioned socially:
4. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
5. (intransitive, copulative) To remain without ruin or injury.
6. (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
7. The act of standing.
8. A defensive position or effort.

Example Sentences

To repaire his defects, hee stood for the coast of Calabria, but hearing there was six or seven Galleyes at Mesina hee departed thence for Malta[…].

My mind on its own centre stands unmov'd.

The ruin'd wall / Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone.

I took my stand upon an eminence […] to look into their several ladings.

The Commander says we will make our stand here.

They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.

There are also a growing number of lesbians in prison who are out about being lesbian and that stand in and of itself is much stronger than being out on the outside. These women are in much greater danger.

They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees.

Synonyms for stand

Antonyms for stand

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Word Forms

• stands
• standing
• stood
• standen
• stand
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• standest
• stoodst
• stoodest
• standeth
• -
• stooden

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