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stand

[stand]

,verb, stood, stand⋅ing, noun, plural stands for 28–48, stands, stand for 49.

–verb (used without object)

1.	(of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.

2.	to rise to one's feet (often fol. by up).

3.	to have a specified height when in this position: a basketball player who stands six feet seven inches.

4.	to stop or remain motionless or steady on the feet.

5.	to take a position or place as indicated: to stand aside.

6.	to remain firm or steadfast, as in a cause.

7.	to take up or maintain a position or attitude with respect to a person, issue, or the like: to stand as sponsor for a person.

8.	to have or adopt a certain policy, course, or attitude, as of adherence, support, opposition, or resistance: He stands for free trade.

9.	(of things) to be in an upright or vertical position, be set on end, or rest on or as on a support.

10.	to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated: The building stands at 34th Street and 5th Avenue.

11.	(of an account, score, etc.) to show, be, or remain as indicated; show the specified position of the parties concerned: The score stood 18 to 14 at the half.

12.	to remain erect or whole; resist change, decay, or destruction (often fol. by up): The ruins still stand. The old building stood up well.

13.	to continue in force or remain valid: The agreement stands as signed.

14.	to remain still, stationary, or unused: The bicycle stood in the basement all winter.

15.	to be or become stagnant, as water.

16.	(of persons or things) to be or remain in a specified state, condition, relation, relative position, etc.: He stood in jeopardy of losing his license.

17.	to have the possibility or likelihood: He stands to gain a sizable profit through the sale of the house.

18.	Chiefly British. to become or be a candidate, as for public office (usually fol. by for).

19.

Nautical.

a.	to take or hold a particular course at sea.

b.	to move in a certain direction: to stand offshore.

20.	(of a male domestic animal, esp. a stud) to be available as a sire, usually for a fee: Three Derby winners are now standing in Kentucky.

–verb (used with object)

21.	to cause to stand; set upright; set: Stand the chair by the lamp.

22.	to face or encounter: to stand an assault.

23.	to undergo or submit to: to stand trial.

24.	to endure or undergo without harm or damage or without giving way: His eyes are strong enough to stand the glare.

25.	to endure or tolerate: She can't stand her father.

26.	to treat or pay for: I'll stand you to a drink when the manuscript is in.

27.	to perform the duty of or participate in as part of one's job or duty: to stand watch aboard ship.

–noun

28.	the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.

29.	a cessation of motion; halt or stop.

30.	a determined effort for or against something, esp. a final defensive effort: Custer's last stand.

31.	a determined policy, position, attitude, etc., taken or maintained: We must take a stand on political issues.

32.	the place in which a person or thing stands; station.

33.	witness stand.

34.	a raised platform, as for a speaker, a band, or the like.

35.	stands, a raised section of seats for spectators; grandstand.

36.	a framework on or in which articles are placed for support, exhibition, etc.: a hat stand.

37.	a piece of furniture of various forms, on or in which to put articles (often used in combination): a nightstand; a washstand.

38.	a small, light table.

39.	a stall, booth, counter, or the like, where articles are displayed for sale or where some business is carried on: a fruit stand.

40.	newsstand: The papers usually hit the stands at 5 a.m.

41.	a site or location for business: After 20 years the ice-cream vendor was still at the same stand.

42.	a place or station occupied by vehicles available for hire: a taxicab stand.

43.	the vehicles occupying such a place.

44.	the growing trees, or those of a particular species or grade, in a given area.

45.	a standing growth, as of grass, wheat, etc.

46.	a halt of a theatrical company on tour, to give a performance or performances: a series of one-night stands on the strawhat trail.

47.	the town at which a touring theatrical company gives a performance.

48.	hive (def. 2).

49.	Metalworking. a rolling unit in a rolling mill.

50.	Chiefly British. a complete set of arms or accoutrements for one soldier.

—Verb phrases

51.

stand by,

a.	to uphold; support: She stood by him whenever he was in trouble.

b.	to adhere to (an agreement, promise, etc.); affirm: She stood by her decision despite her sister's arguments.

c.	to stand ready; wait: Please stand by while I fix this antenna.

d.	to get ready to speak, act, etc., as at the beginning of a radio or television program.

e.	to be ready to board a plane, train, or other transport if accommodations become available at the last minute.

52.

stand down,

a.	Law. to leave the witness stand.

b.	to step aside; withdraw, as from a competition: I agreed to stand down so that she could run for the nomination unopposed.

c.	to leave or take out of active work or service: to stand down some of the ships in the fleet.

53.

stand for,

a.	to represent; symbolize: P.S. stands for “postscript.”

b.	to advocate; favor: He stands for both freedom and justice.

c.	Informal. to tolerate; allow: I won't stand for any nonsense!

54.

stand in with,

a.	to be in association or conspiracy with.

b.	to enjoy the favor of; be on friendly terms with.

55.

stand off,

a.	to keep or stay at a distance.

b.	to put off; evade.

56.

stand on,

a.	to depend on; rest on: The case stands on his testimony.

b.	to be particular about; demand: to stand on ceremony.

c.	Nautical. to maintain a course and speed.

57.

stand out,

a.	to project; protrude: The piers stand out from the harbor wall.

b.	to be conspicuous or prominent: She stands out in a crowd.

c.	to persist in opposition or resistance; be inflexible.

d.	Nautical. to maintain a course away from shore.

58.

stand over,

a.	to supervise very closely; watch constantly: He won't work unless someone stands over him.

b.	to put aside temporarily; postpone: to let a project stand over until the following year.

59.

stand to,

a.	to continue to hold; persist in: to stand to one's statement.

b.	to keep at steadily: Stand to your rowing, men!

c.	to wait in readiness; stand by: Stand to for action.

60.

stand up,

a.	to come to or remain in a standing position: to stand up when being introduced.

b.	to remain strong, convincing, or durable: The case will never stand up in court. Wool stands up better than silk.

c.	Slang. to fail to keep an appointment with (someone, esp. a sweetheart or date): I waited for Kim for an hour before I realized I'd been stood up.

61.

stand up for,

a.	to defend the cause of; support: No one could understand why he stood up for an incorrigible criminal.

b.	to serve a bridegroom or bride, as best man or maid (matron) of honor.

62.	stand up to, to meet or deal with fearlessly; confront: to stand up to a bully.

—Idioms

63.	stand a chance or show, to have a chance or possibility, esp. of winning or surviving: He's a good shortstop but doesn't stand a chance of making the major leagues because he can't hit.

64.	stand pat. pat ² (def. 6).

65.	stand to reason. reason (def. 18).

66.	take the stand, to testify in a courtroom.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME standen (v.), OE standan; c. OS standan, MD standen, OHG stantan, standa, standan; akin to L stāre to stand, sistere, Gk histánai to make stand, Skt sthā to stand, OIr at-tá (he) is

Synonyms:
25. abide, stomach. See bear ¹ .

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stand (stānd)

v. stood (stŏŏd), stand·ing, stands

v. intr.

1. To rise to an upright position on the feet.
2. To assume or maintain an upright position as specified: stand straight; stand to one side.
3. To maintain an upright position on the feet.
4. To maintain an upright or vertical position on a base or support: The urn stands on a pedestal.
5. To be placed or situated: The building stands at the corner.
6. To remain stable, upright, or intact: The old school still stands.
7. To remain valid, effective, or unaltered: The agreement stands.
8. To be in a specified state or condition: I stand corrected. We stand in awe of the view.
9. To exist in a particular form: Send the message as it now stands.
10. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
11. To remain stationary or inactive: The car stood in the garage all winter.
1. To maintain an upright position on the feet.
2. To maintain an upright or vertical position on a base or support: The urn stands on a pedestal.
3. To be placed or situated: The building stands at the corner.
4. To remain stable, upright, or intact: The old school still stands.
5. To remain valid, effective, or unaltered: The agreement stands.
6. To be in a specified state or condition: I stand corrected. We stand in awe of the view.
7. To exist in a particular form: Send the message as it now stands.
8. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
9. To remain stationary or inactive: The car stood in the garage all winter.
1. To remain stable, upright, or intact: The old school still stands.
2. To remain valid, effective, or unaltered: The agreement stands.
3. To be in a specified state or condition: I stand corrected. We stand in awe of the view.
4. To exist in a particular form: Send the message as it now stands.
5. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
6. To remain stationary or inactive: The car stood in the garage all winter.
To be or show a specified figure or amount: The balance stands at $500.
To measure a specified height when in an upright position: stands six feet tall.
To take up or maintain a specified position, altitude, or course: He stands on his earlier offer. We will stand firm.
To be in a position of possible gain or loss: She stands to make a fortune.
1. To be in a specified state or condition: I stand corrected. We stand in awe of the view.
2. To exist in a particular form: Send the message as it now stands.
3. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
4. To remain stationary or inactive: The car stood in the garage all winter.
To be at a specified level on or as if on a scale: stands third in her class; stands high in reputation.
1. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
2. To remain stationary or inactive: The car stood in the garage all winter.
To remain without flowing or being disturbed; be or become stagnant.
Nautical To take or hold a particular course or direction: a ship standing to windward.
To be available as a sire. Used of horses.
Chiefly British To be a candidate for public office.

v. tr.

To cause to stand; place upright.
To engage in or encounter: stand battle.
1. To resist successfully; withstand: stand the test of time; will not stand close examination.
2. To put up with patiently or resolutely; bear: can't stand the heat. See Synonyms at bear¹.
To submit to or undergo: stand trial.
To tolerate and benefit from: I could stand a good night's sleep.
To perform the duty of: stand guard.
Informal To treat (someone) or pay the cost of (food or drink): She stood him to a drink. We'll stand dinner.

The act of standing.
A ceasing of work or activity; a standstill or halt.
A stop on a performance tour.
The place or station where a person stands.
A booth, stall, or counter for the display of goods for sale.
A parking space reserved for taxis.
A desperate or decisive effort at defense or resistance, as in a battle: made their stand at the river.
A position or opinion one is prepared to uphold: must take a stand on environmental issues.
stands The bleachers at a playing field or stadium.
Law A witness stand.
A small rack, prop, or table for holding any of various articles: a music stand; a bedside stand.
A group or growth of tall plants or trees: a stand of pine.
To be ready or available to act.
To wait for something, such as a broadcast, to resume.
To remain uninvolved; refrain from acting: stood by and let him get away.
To remain loyal to; aid or support: stands by her friends.
To keep or maintain: stood by her decision.
Law To leave a witness stand.
To withdraw, as from a political contest.
To end a state of readiness or alert.
To go off duty.
To represent; symbolize.
To advocate or support: stands for freedom of the press.
To put up with; tolerate: We will not stand for impertinent behavior.
To stay at a distance; remain apart or aloof.
To put off; evade.
Nautical To maintain a course away from shore.
To be based on; depend on: The success of the project stands on management's support of it.
To insist on observance of: stand on ceremony; stand on one's rights.
To protrude; project.
To be conspicuous, distinctive, or prominent.
To refuse compliance or maintain opposition; hold out: stand out against a verdict.
Nautical To maintain a course away from shore.
To watch or supervise closely.
To hold over; postpone.
To remain valid, sound, or durable: His claim will not stand up in court. Our old car has stood up well over time.
Informal To fail to keep a date with.

Phrasal Verb(s):
stand by

To be ready or available to act.
To wait for something, such as a broadcast, to resume.
To remain uninvolved; refrain from acting: stood by and let him get away.
To remain loyal to; aid or support: stands by her friends.
To keep or maintain: stood by her decision.

stand down

Law To leave a witness stand.
To withdraw, as from a political contest.
To end a state of readiness or alert.
To go off duty.

stand for

To represent; symbolize.
To advocate or support: stands for freedom of the press.
To put up with; tolerate: We will not stand for impertinent behavior.

stand inTo act as a stand-in.
stand off

To stay at a distance; remain apart or aloof.
To put off; evade.
Nautical To maintain a course away from shore.

stand on

To be based on; depend on: The success of the project stands on management's support of it.
To insist on observance of: stand on ceremony; stand on one's rights.

stand out

To protrude; project.
To be conspicuous, distinctive, or prominent.
To refuse compliance or maintain opposition; hold out: stand out against a verdict.
Nautical To maintain a course away from shore.

stand over

To watch or supervise closely.
To hold over; postpone.

stand toTo take up positions for action.
stand up

To remain valid, sound, or durable: His claim will not stand up in court. Our old car has stood up well over time.
Informal To fail to keep a date with.

Idiom(s):
stand a chanceTo have a chance, as of gaining or accomplishing something.

Idiom(s):
stand (one's) ground

To maintain one's position against an attack.
To refuse to compromise; be unyielding.

Idiom(s):
stand on (one's) own/two feetTo be independent and responsible for oneself.

Idiom(s):
stand pat

To oppose or resist change.
Games To play one's poker hand without drawing more cards.

Idiom(s):
stand to reasonTo be consistent with reason: It stands to reason that if we leave late, we will arrive late.

Idiom(s):
stand up for

To side with; defend.
To stand up with.

Idiom(s):
stand up toTo confront fearlessly; face up to.

Idiom(s):
stand up withTo act as best man or maid of honor for (the groom or bride) at a wedding.

[Middle English standen, from Old English standan; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
stand'er n.

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Stand\, v. i. (Card Playing) To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.

Stand

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.

To stand upon. (a) To concern; to interest. (b) To value; to esteem. "We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth." --Ray. (c) To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony. (d) To attack; to assault. [A Hebraism] "So I stood upon him, and slew him." --2 Sam. i. 10.

To stand with, to be consistent with. "It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally." --Sir J. Davies.

Stand

Stand\, v. t. 1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.

2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. "Love stood the siege." --Dryden.

He stood the furious foe. --Pope.

3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.

Bid him disband his legions, . . . And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. --Addison.

4. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.

5. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.

To stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way.

To stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. "Peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers." --Macaulay.

To stand trial, to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.

Stand

Stand\, n. [As. stand. See Stand, v. i.]

1. The act of standing.

I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into thier several ladings. --Spectator.

2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.

Vice is at stand, and at the highest flow. --Dryden.

3. A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.

I have found you out a stand most fit, Where you may have such vantage on the duke, He shall not pass you. --Shak.

4. A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand. --Dickens.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. A place where a witness stands to testify in court.

8. The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business. [U. S.]

9. Rank; post; station; standing.

Father, since your fortune did attain So high a stand, I mean not to descend. --Daniel.

10. A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do. --L'Estrange.

11. 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.

12. (Com.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.

Microscope stand, the instrument, excepting the eyepiece, objective, and other removable optical parts.

Stand of ammunition, the projectile, cartridge, and sabot connected together.

Stand of arms. (Mil.) See under Arms.

Stand of colors (Mil.), a single color, or flag. --Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)

To be at a stand, to be stationary or motionless; to be at a standstill; hence, to be perplexed; to be embarrassed.

To make a stand, to halt for the purpose of offering resistance to a pursuing enemy.

Syn: Stop; halt; rest; interruption; obstruction; perplexity; difficulty; embarrassment; hesitation.

Language Translation for : stand

Italian: (stare in piedi),

German: stehen,

Japanese: 立つ

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stand (v.)

O.E. standan (class VI strong verb; past tense stod, pp. standen), from P.Gmc. *sta-n-d- (cf. O.N. standa, O.S., Goth. standan, O.H.G. stantan, Swed. stå, Du. staan, Ger. stehen), from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (cf. Skt. tisthati "stands," Gk. histemi "cause to stand, set, place," L. stare "stand," Lith. stojus, O.C.S. stajati; see stet). Sense of "to exist, be present" is attested from c.1300. Meaning "to pay for as a treat" is from 1821. Phrase stands to reason (1620) is from earlier stands (is constant) with reason. Phrase stand pat is originally from poker (1882); stand down in the military sense of "go off duty" is first recorded 1916. Standing ovation attested by 1968; standing army is from 1603.

stand (n.)

"pause, delay," O.E., from the root of stand (v.). Meaning "place of standing, position" is from c.1300; fig. sense is from 1595. Sense of "action of standing or coming to a position" is attested from 1392, especially in ref. to fighting. Meaning "raised platform for a hunter or sportsman" is attested from c.1400. Sense of "Stall or booth" is first recorded 1508. Military meaning "complete set" (of arms, colors, etc.) is from 1721, often a collective sing. Sense of "standing growth of trees" is 1868, Amer.Eng. Theatrical sense of "each stop made on a performance tour" is from 1896. The word was formerly also slang for "an erection" (1867).

Main Entry: stand
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: stood; stand·ing
intransitive verb 1 : to be in a particular state or situation <stand accused>
2 : to remain valid or effective stand> transitive verb : to submit to <stand trial>—stand in judgment : to submit to the judgment of the court—stand in the shoes of : to assume the rights or obligations of—stand mute : to be effectively silent: as a : to exercise the privilege against self-incrimination (as in a trial) b : to raise no objections stand mute at the sentencing>—stand on : to depend on esp. as the basis of an argument or claim stands on the writing as a complete and exclusive embodiment of the contract —J. J. White and Railroad S. Summers>

Main Entry: stand
Function: noun
: the place taken by a witness for testifying in court stand> —compare BAR, BENCH, DOCK, SIDEBAR

stand

In addition to the idioms beginning with stand, also see can't stand the sight of; heart misses a beat (stands still); (stand) in awe of; it stands to reason; know where one stands; make a stand; make one's hair stand on end; not have (stand) an earthly chance; take a stand; without a leg to stand on.

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