English word
Stand
Definitions
verb
- to support oneself on the feet in an erect position
- to be in a position to gain or lose because of an action taken or a commitment made
- to be a candidate : runchiefly British
- to rest or remain upright on a base or lower end
- to occupy a place or location
- to remain stationary or inactive
- to gather slowly and remain
- agree, accord
- to exist in a definite written or printed form
- to remain valid or efficacious
- to exist at the present time
- to be a specified height when fully erect
- to have a particular belief or opinion
- to be available as a sireof a male animal
- to refuse additional cards (as in blackjack)
- to endure or undergo successfully
- to tolerate without complaint : bear courageously
- to derive benefit or enjoyment from
- to remain firm in the face of
- to submit to
- to perform the duty of
- to rise to an erect position
- to participate in (a military formation)
- to pay the cost of (a treat) : pay for
- to cause to stand : set upright
- to make available for breeding
- to take up or maintain a specified position or posture
- to maintain one's position
- to be in a particular state or situation
- to hold a course at sea
- hesitateobsolete
- to have or maintain a relative position in or as if in a graded scale
Synonyms for stand
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- sit
- be
- lie
- podium
- platform