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English Dictionary: stand	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stand n a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" [syn: base, pedestal, stand] the position where a thing or person stands a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees" a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand" a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" Synonym(s): rack, stand an interruption of normal activity Synonym(s): stand, standstill, tie-up a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" Synonym(s): point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint a booth where articles are displayed for sale Synonym(s): stall, stand, sales booth a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand" tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air Synonym(s): bandstand, outdoor stage, stand a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone" v be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!" Synonym(s): stand, stand up Antonym(s): lie, sit, sit down be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected" occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground" hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!" Synonym(s): stand, remain firm Antonym(s): relent, soften, yield put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" Synonym(s): digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" remain inactive or immobile; "standing water" be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!" be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall" put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" Synonym(s): stand, stand up, place upright withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" Synonym(s): resist, stand, fend be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stand \Stand\, v. i. (Card Playing) To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stand \Stand\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stood}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Standing}.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[be]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[be]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. st[86], Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. [?] to cause to stand, [?] to stand, Skr. sth[be]. [fb]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. [bd]I pray you all, stand up![b8] --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. [bd]The standing pattern of their imitation.[b8] --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. [bd]Sacrifices . . . which stood only in meats and drinks.[b8] --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. [bd]In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected.[b8] --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. [bd]Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his wife's frailty.[b8] --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. [bd]I stand wholly for you.[b8] --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. [bd]I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another.[b8] --Locke. {To stand in}, to cost. [bd]The same standeth them in much less cost.[b8] --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. [bd]Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved.[b8] --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. [bd]Their eyes stand out with fatness.[b8] --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. [bd]Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars.[b8] --Dryden. (b) To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. [bd]I will stand to it, that this is his sense.[b8] --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. [bd]Their lives and fortunes were put in safety, whether they stood to it or ran away.[b8] --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. [bd]Stand to me in this cause.[b8] --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. [bd]Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed.[b8] --Acts xxv. 18. (c) To rise and stand on end, as the hair. (d) To put one's self in opposition; to contend. [bd]Once we stood up about the corn.[b8] --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. [bd]We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth.[b8] --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] [bd]So I stood upon him, and slew him.[b8] --2 Sam. i. 10. {To stand with}, to be consistent with. [bd]It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally.[b8] --Sir J. Davies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Love stood the siege.[b8] --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. [bd]Peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers.[b8] --Macaulay. {To stand trial}, to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.