Definition of Stand

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Definition of Stand

Stand

To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.

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.

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Stand Quotations

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Thomas Jefferson

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas Jefferson

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Albert Einstein

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation.
Marilyn Monroe

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Abraham Lincoln

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln

Stand Translations

stand in Afrikaans is opstaan
stand in Dutch is huisje, schuur, keet, kraam, loods
stand in Finnish is seisoa
stand in German is andauern, stehen, stehen
stand in Italian is stare, granaio, continuare
stand in Portuguese is celeiro, carrinho

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