TO STAND BY

Definition: TO STAND BY

TO STAND BY

1. (a) To be near; to be a spectator; to be present. (b) To be aside; to be aside with disregard. ``In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected.'' --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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO STAND BY

To stand by me (Deep Inside; performing artist: Mary J. Blige)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Don't let us have any more of this nonsense. It is a good trait to stand by one's friends; but -" / Th. Nast. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilisation and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Chinese 

�"�持 (backing, support, to back, to be in favor of, to support). (various references)

German

unterstützen (abet, aid, back, encourage, further, lean, maintain, patronize, promote, prop up, provide, second, speak for, sponsor, subsidize, support, sustain, to abet, to back, to facilitate, to relieve, to second, to support, uphold), dabeistehen. (various references)

Hungarian

tétlenül néz, megvéd (fend, held, preserve, secure, to defend, to fence, to fend, to hold, to justify, to protect, to save, to shield, to vindicate, uphold, vindicate), kitart vki mellett, készenlétben áll (to be on the alert, to wait for, wait for). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay andstay ybay

gub, zag . . . us. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: standby.

-3 letters: astony, batons, botany, dattos, dynast, snotty, toasty, todays.

-4 letters: antsy, atony, bands, bandy, banty, baton, batts, batty, boast, boats, bonds, botas, botts, datos, datto, doats, donas, donsy, dotty, nasty, natty, sabot, sandy, santo, stand, stoat, stony, synod, tansy, tanto, tasty, toads, toady, toast, today.

-5 letters: abos, abys, ados, ands, ants, bads, band.

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