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noun |
To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position, To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; — opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc., To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation., To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine., To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary., 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., To maintain one’s ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe., To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition., To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice., 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., To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist., To be consistent; to agree; to accord., To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor., To offer one’s self, or to be offered, as a candidate., To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless., To measure when erect on the feet., To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide., To appear in court., To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat., To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand., To abide by; to submit to; to suffer., To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet., To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat., The act of standing., A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand., A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something., A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand., 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., 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., A place where a witness stands to testify in court., The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business., Rank; post; station; standing., A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do., 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., A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, — used in weighing pitch. |