Stand word meaning and definition

[noun] a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"
[noun] a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand"
[noun] a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
[noun] a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
[noun] a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
[noun] a booth where articles are displayed for sale
[noun] tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
[noun] a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"
[noun] a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
[noun] an interruption of normal activity
[noun] a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees"
[noun] the position where a thing or person stands
[verb] put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"
[verb] have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"
[verb] withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
[verb] be available for stud services, of male domestic animals such as stallions
[verb] be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
[verb] put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
[verb] be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"
[verb] hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!"
[verb] be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"
[verb] be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!"
[verb] remain inactive, as of a car in a garage, or not flowing, as of water
[verb] occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground"

\Stand\, v. i. (Card Playing) To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.
\Stand\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stood}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Standing}.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. st[*a], Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. ? to cause to stand, ? to stand, Skr. sth[=a]. [root]163. Cf. {Assist}, {Constant}, {Contrast}, {Desist}, {Destine}, {Ecstasy}, {Exist}, {Interstice}, {Obstacle}, {Obstinate}, {Prest}, n., {Rest} remainder, {Soltice}, {Stable}, a. & n., {State}, n., {Statute}, {Stead}, {Steed}, {Stool}, {Stud} of horses, {Substance}, {System}.] 1. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as:
(a) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to {lie}, {sit}, {kneel}, etc. ``I pray you all, stand up!'' --Shak.
(b) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation. It stands as it were to the ground yglued. --Chaucer. The ruined wall Stands when its wind worn battlements are gone. --Byron. 2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine. Wite ye not where there stands a little town? --Chaucer. 3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary. I charge thee, stand, And tell thy name. --Dryden. The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. --Matt. ii. 9. 4. 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. My mind on its own center stands unmoved. --Dryden. 5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe. Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall. --Spectator. 6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. ``The standing pattern of their imitation.'' --South. The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life. --Esther viii. 11. 7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice. We must labor so as to stand with godliness, according to his appointment. --Latimer. 8. 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. 9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. ``Sacrifices . . . which stood only in meats and drinks.'' --Heb. ix. 10. Accomplish what your signs foreshow; I stand resigned, and am prepared to go. --Dryden. Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry. --Sir W. Scott. 10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord. Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing But what may stand with honor. --Massinger. 11. (Naut.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor. From the same parts of heaven his navy stands. --Dryden. 12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate. He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university. --Walton. 13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless. Or the black water of Pomptina stands. --Dryden. 14. To measure when erect on the feet. Six feet two, as I think, he stands. --Tennyson. 15. (Law)
(a) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide. --Bouvier.
(b) To appear in court. --Burrill. {Stand by} (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to {Be ready}. {To stand against}, to opposite; to resist. {To stand by}.
(a) To be near; to be a spectator; to be present.
(b) To be aside; to be aside with disregard. ``In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected.'' --Dr. H. More.
(c) To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert; as, to stand by one's principles or party.
(d) To rest on for support; to be supported by. --Whitgift. {To stand corrected}, to be set right, as after an error in a statement of fact. --Wycherley. {To stand fast}, to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable. {To stand firmly on}, to be satisfied or convinced of. ``Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his wife's frailty.'' --Shak. {To stand for}.
(a) To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to defend. ``I stand wholly for you.'' --Shak.
(b) To be in the place of; to be the substitute or to represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure stands for nothing. ``I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another.'' --Locke. {To stand in}, to cost. ``The same standeth them in much less cost.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia). The Punic wars could not have stood the human race in less than three millions of the species. --Burke. {To stand in hand}, to conduce to one's interest; to be serviceable or advantageous. {To stand off}.
(a) To keep at a distance.
(b) Not to comply.
(c) To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquaintance.
(d) To appear prominent; to have relief. ``Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved.'' --Sir H. Wotton. {To stand off and on} (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it. {To stand on} (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or course. {To stand out}.
(a) To project; to be prominent. ``Their eyes stand out with fatness.'' --Psalm lxxiii. 7.
(b) To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede. His spirit is come in, That so stood out against the holy church. --Shak. {To stand to}.
(a) To ply; to urge; to persevere in using. ``Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars.'' --Dryden.
(b) To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. ``I will stand to it, that this is his sense.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet.
(c) To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contrast, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to one's word.
(d) Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's ground. ``Their lives and fortunes were put in safety, whether they stood to it or ran away.'' --Bacon.
(e) To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands to reason that he could not have done so.
(f) To support; to uphold. ``Stand to me in this cause.'' --Shak. {To stand together}, to be consistent; to agree. {To stand to sea} (Naut.), to direct the course from land. {To stand under}, to undergo; to withstand. --Shak. {To stand up}.
(a) To rise from sitting; to be on the feet.
(b) To arise in order to speak or act. ``Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed.'' --Acts xxv. 18.
(c) To rise and stand on end, as the hair.
(d) To put one's self in opposition; to contend. ``Once we stood up about the corn.'' --Shak. {To stand up for}, to defend; to justify; to support, or attempt to support; as, to stand up for the administration.

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