stand
Meaning of stand
noun
- The act of standing.
- A defensive position or effort.
The Commander says we will make our stand here.
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.
- A period of performance in a given location or venue.
They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees. They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week.
- A device to hold something upright or aloft.
He set the music upon the stand and began to play. an umbrella stand; a hat-stand
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
She took the stand and quietly answered questions.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.
- A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
a taxi stand
- The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
a good, bad, or convenient stand for business
- Grandstand. (often in the plural)
- A partnership.
- (plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
- Rank; post; station; standing.
- A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
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.
- A location or position where one may stand.
- (heading) To position or be positioned physically.
- (heading) To position or be positioned mentally.
- (heading) To position or be positioned socially.
- Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
- To remain without ruin or injury.
- To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
Information about stand
- The plural form of stand is: stands.
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Hyphenation of stand
stand
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- stand is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
stand synonyms
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Meaning digest:
digest, endure, stomach, bear, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer
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Translation of stand
- German: stehen, aushalten, ertragen, hinnehmen, dulden, tolerieren, schlucken, leiden, Ansicht, Perspektive
- French: support, supporter, tolérer
- Spanish: sostén, tutor, soportar, tolerar, sufrir, aguantar, perspectiva
- Italian: supporto, tollerare, sopportare, ingoiare, posizione, prospettiva
- Portuguese: aturar, suportar, tolerar, perspectiva
Anagrams of stand
Words that rhyme with stand
patand, cavitand, cryptand, Hestand, Hiestand, Rostand, Verstand, Wystand, againstand, bandstand, bedstand, bestand, bidstand, bookstand, branchstand, cabstand, candlestand, caskstand, coatstand, counderstand, counterstand, deerstand, forstand, gainstand, grandstand, hallstand, handstand, hardstand, hatstand, headstand, inkstand, kickstand, lampstand, misunderstand, newsstand, newstand, nightstand, onstand, outstand, overstand, patchstand, perstand, preunderstand, remisunderstand, rickstand, ringstand, stablestand, stackstand, stillstand, taxistand
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