A Quick and Simple Dictionary

stand

1. Verb.  (intransitive) To be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
2. Verb.  (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
3. Verb.  (intransitive) To remain motionless.
4. Verb.  (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
5. Verb.  (intransitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
6. Verb.  (transitive, negative) To tolerate.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
8. Verb.  (intransitive, British) To seek election.
9. Verb.  (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
10. Verb.  (intransitive) to be valid.
11. Verb.  (transitive) (rfdef, topic competition) .
12. Noun.  A defensive position or effort. (rfex) .
13. Noun.  A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
14. Noun.  A period of performance in a given location or venue.
15. Noun.  A device to hold something upright or aloft.
16. Noun.  The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
17. Noun.  A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
18. Noun.  (context, forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
19. Noun.  A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
20. Noun.  A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
21. Noun.  A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait: ''taxi stand''.
22. Noun.  (sport) grandstand (qualifier, often in plural) .
23. Noun.  (cricket) A partnership.
24. Noun.  (military, plural often '''stand''') A single set, ''as'' of arms.