Stand

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun To appear in court.

II. Stand ·vi Rank; post; station; standing.

III. Stand ·noun To measure when erect on the feet.

IV. Stand ·vi The act of Standing.

V. Stand ·vi A place where a witness stands to testify in court.

VI. Stand ·noun To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.

VII. Stand ·vt To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.

VIII. Stand ·vt To abide by; to submit to; to Suffer.

IX. Stand ·noun To Stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.

X. Stand ·vi A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.

XI. Stand ·noun To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.

XII. Stand ·vt To resist, without yielding or receding; to Withstand.

XIII. Stand ·noun To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.

XIV. Stand ·noun To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position.

XV. Stand ·noun To be consistent; to Agree; to Accord.

XVI. Stand ·vi A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.

XVII. Stand ·add. ·vi To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.

XVIII. Stand ·vi A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, — used in weighing pitch.

XIX. Stand ·vi The situation of a shop, store, hotel, ·etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.

XX. Stand ·vt To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.

XXI. Stand ·noun To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.

XXII. Stand ·noun To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position;

— opposed to lie, sit, kneel, ·etc.

XXIII. Stand ·vi A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.

XXIV. Stand ·noun To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.

XXV. Stand ·vi A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.

XXVI. Stand ·noun To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to Abide.

XXVII. Stand ·noun To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.

XXVIII. Stand ·noun To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to Be; to Consist.

XXIX. Stand ·noun To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.

XXX. Stand ·vi 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.

XXXI. Stand ·vt To Endure; to Sustain; to Bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.

XXXII. Stand ·vi 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.

XXXIII. Stand ·noun 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.

XXXIV. Stand ·noun To cease from progress; not to proceed; to Stop; to Pause; to Halt; to remain stationary.

XXXV. Stand ·vi 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.

XXXVI. Stand ·noun 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.

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