Stand can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| stand - be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!" | ||
| stand - be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected" | ||
| stand - put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" | ||
| stand - have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" | ||
| stand - hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!" | ||
| stand - be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females" | ||
| stand - be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall" | ||
| stand - be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!" | ||
| stand - remain inactive or immobile; "standing water" | ||
| stand - occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground" | ||
| stand - 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" | ||
| stand - 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" | ||
Noun |
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| stand - tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) | ||
| stand - the position where a thing or person stands | ||
| stand - a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone" | ||
| stand - an interruption of normal activity | ||
| stand - a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand" | ||
| stand - a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand" | ||
| stand - a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees" | ||
| stand - a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" | ||
| stand - 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" | ||
| stand - a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" | ||
| stand - a booth where articles are displayed for sale | ||
| stand - a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air |
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| 1. | noun | The army made a final stand at the Rhone. | |
| 2. | noun | A bedside stand. | |
| 3. | noun | A one-night stand. | |
| 4. | noun | They cut down a stand of trees. | |
| 5. | noun | Then, this month, it said that it opposed moves to refer Iran's nuclear stand-off with the International Atomic Energy Agency to the United Nations Security Council. | |
| 6. | noun | (it's by the door, on the hostess stand). | |
| 7. | noun | People who are not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator. | |
| 8. | noun | There is a taxi stand near the station. | |
| 9. | noun | Mary's new hairstyle made her stand out in the crowd. | |
| 10. | noun | It made my hair stand on end. | |
| 11. | noun | The news made my hair stand on end. | |
| 12. | noun | Please don't place a vase on this stand. | |
| 13. | noun | A customer is having his shoes shined on a slapped-together stand. | |
| 14. | noun | The ice cream vendor is waiting on customers at his outdoor stand. | |
| 15. | noun | Please stand by me when I need you. | |
| 16. | verb | We had to stand for the entire performance! | |
| 17. | verb | I stand corrected. | |
| 18. | verb | Can you stand the bookshelf up? | |
| 19. | verb | Where do you stand on the War? | |
| 20. | verb | We stand on common ground. | |
| 21. | verb | Stand the test of time. | |
| 22. | verb | Qanooni refused to accept the Iranian advice as his fellow Panjsheri Tajiks urged him to stand against Karzai. | |
| 23. | verb | ''Every morning and night, the kids, beginning as young as 1 and 2, had to stand before a poster of Massoud and Maryam, salute them and shout praises to them,'' Nadereh Afshari, a former Mujahedeen deep-believer, told me. | |
| 24. | verb | The problem is that the vast silent majority of these Moslems are not part of the terror and the incitement, but they also do not stand up against it. | |
| 25. | verb | But to stand, day after day, and to make such preposterous statements, known to everybody to be lies, without even being ridiculed in your own milieu, can only happen in this region. | |
| 26. | verb | But if experience is any guide, nothing would stand in the way of Dr. Ayman Zawahiri's decade-long quest to weaponize and use anthrax against US targets that was described by one confidante to an Egyptian newspaper reporter. | |
| 27. | verb | Just wanted to know were we stand on the ETA and PA for Argentina? | |
| 28. | verb | As religious people, clergy and lay leaders, we are mandated by faith to stand for justice in our common civic life. | |
| 29. | verb | Paul has such a big inferiority complex as a man, due to his effeminate face, body and personality and due to his repressed homosexuality, that he found himself a handicapped woman with only one leg, so that he could stand out, being very conscious that a full woman would make him feel the superiority of virile men again, as Jane and Linda did. | |
| 30. | verb | My suggestion is to pay close attention to what's going on in the background and if possible, stand on a chair, get on the ground, do whatever you need to do to get rid of distracting elements. |
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| noun | |
| The army made a final stand at the Rhone. |
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| A bedside stand. |
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| A one-night stand. |
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| They cut down a stand of trees. |
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| Then, this month, it said that it opposed moves to refer Iran's nuclear stand-off with the International Atomic Energy Agency to the United Nations Security Council. |
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| (it's by the door, on the hostess stand). |
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| People who are not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator. | |
| There is a taxi stand near the station. | |
| Mary's new hairstyle made her stand out in the crowd. | |
| It made my hair stand on end. | |
| The news made my hair stand on end. | |
| Please don't place a vase on this stand. | |
| A customer is having his shoes shined on a slapped-together stand. | |
| The ice cream vendor is waiting on customers at his outdoor stand. | |
| Please stand by me when I need you. | |
| verb | |
| We had to stand for the entire performance! |
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| I stand corrected. |
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| Can you stand the bookshelf up? |
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| Where do you stand on the War? |
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| We stand on common ground. |
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| Stand the test of time. |
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| Qanooni refused to accept the Iranian advice as his fellow Panjsheri Tajiks urged him to stand against Karzai. |
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| ''Every morning and night, the kids, beginning as young as 1 and 2, had to stand before a poster of Massoud and Maryam, salute them and shout praises to them,'' Nadereh Afshari, a former Mujahedeen deep-believer, told me. |
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| The problem is that the vast silent majority of these Moslems are not part of the terror and the incitement, but they also do not stand up against it. |
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| But to stand, day after day, and to make such preposterous statements, known to everybody to be lies, without even being ridiculed in your own milieu, can only happen in this region. |
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| But if experience is any guide, nothing would stand in the way of Dr. Ayman Zawahiri's decade-long quest to weaponize and use anthrax against US targets that was described by one confidante to an Egyptian newspaper reporter. |
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| Just wanted to know were we stand on the ETA and PA for Argentina? |
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| As religious people, clergy and lay leaders, we are mandated by faith to stand for justice in our common civic life. |
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| Paul has such a big inferiority complex as a man, due to his effeminate face, body and personality and due to his repressed homosexuality, that he found himself a handicapped woman with only one leg, so that he could stand out, being very conscious that a full woman would make him feel the superiority of virile men again, as Jane and Linda did. |
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| My suggestion is to pay close attention to what's going on in the background and if possible, stand on a chair, get on the ground, do whatever you need to do to get rid of distracting elements. |
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