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stand

(intransitive) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
(intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
(intransitive) To remain motionless.
(intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
(transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
(intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
(intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
(intransitive) (of tears) To be present, to have welled up (in the eyes).

(intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
(transitive, negative) To tolerate.
(intransitive) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
(intransitive) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.

(intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
(transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
(intransitive, Britain) To seek election.
(intransitive) To be valid.
(transitive) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
(transitive) To cover the expense of; to pay for.
(intransitive) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
(intransitive) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
(intransitive) To appear in court.

(intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
(intransitive) To remain without ruin or injury.
(card game) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
Synonyms:

“She would stand beside my bed while staring down at me.”

“He stood up, waiting for me to stand too, and when I did, he started to amble towards me.”

“They quickly come to take your order as soon as you stand the flag up in the sand.”

standing

stands

standeth

“The division of a polyhedron ariseth from the bases upon which it standeth.”

“At best, such a man is but perched on a needlepoint when he thinketh he standeth.”

“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.”

standest

stoodest

stood

“I stood there wondering what to do, but my sister was more decisive and immediately went to the phone.”

“We stood on the deck and watched dolphins swim near the ship.”

“When he stood up, he got so dizzy that he had to sit down again.”

standed

standen

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