stand
stand is a 5-letter English word with 59 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
- noun. To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
- noun. To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
- noun. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
- noun. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
- noun. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- noun. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
- noun. To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- noun. To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
- noun. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
- noun. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
- noun. To measure when erect on the feet.
- noun. To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
- noun. To appear in court.
- transitive verb. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
- transitive verb. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
- transitive verb. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
- transitive verb. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
- transitive verb. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
- intransitive verb. The act of standing.
- intransitive verb. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
- intransitive verb. A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
- intransitive verb. A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
- intransitive verb. The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
- intransitive verb. Rank; post; station; standing.
- intransitive verb. A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
- noun. a defensive effort
"the army made a final stand at the Rhone"
- noun. a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
"a one-night stand"
- noun. a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- noun. a support or foundation
"the base of the lamp"
- noun. a support for displaying various articles
"the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
- noun. a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- noun. tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- noun. a small table for holding articles of various kinds
"a bedside stand"
- noun. 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"
- noun. an interruption of normal activity
- noun. a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
"they cut down a stand of trees"
- noun. the position where a thing or person stands
- verb. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"
"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
- verb. have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
"Where do you stand on the War?"
- verb. withstand the force of something
"The trees resisted her"
"stand the test of time"
- verb. be available for stud services
"male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"
- verb. be standing; be upright
"We had to stand for the entire performance!"
- verb. put into an upright position
"Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
- verb. be in some specified state or condition
"I stand corrected"
- verb. hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
"I am standing my ground and won't give in!"
- verb. be tall; have a height of; copula
"She stands 6 feet tall"
- verb. be in effect; be or remain in force
"The law stands!"
- verb. remain inactive or immobile
"standing water"
- verb. occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
"We stand on common ground"
Synonyms
bandstand, base, pedestal, rack, stall, standpoint, viewpoint, standstill, abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate, fend, resist
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