Stand By

Definition: Stand By

Stand By

Verb

1. Not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators".

2. Be available or ready for a certain function or service.

3. Be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Stand By

Aid

Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate).

Defense

Stand on the defensive, act on the defensive; show fight; maintain one;s ground, stand one's ground; stand by; hold one's own; bear the brunt, stand the brunt; fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.

Nearness

Verb: be near; Adjective: adjoin, hang about, trench on; border upon, verge upon; stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp, hug; huddle; hang upon the skirts of, hover over; burn.

Crosswords: Stand By

Superman wore a cape! And I'll be damned if I stand by and let you say anything bad about him! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I stand by my phrase. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I can't stand by and watch children made into scared, helpless creatures. (M�dchen in Uniform; writing credit: Friedrich Dammann; Christa Winsloe)

It's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car. (The Fast and the Furious; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson)

We can't stand by and watch the destruction of this beautiful planet. (Transformers; writing credit: George Arthur Bloom; Doug Booth)

Just as long as you stand, stand by me ("Stand By Me"; performing artist: Ben E. King)

You can stand by your blue suede shoes (All You Wanna Do Is Dance; performing artist: Joe)

Who would stand by my side (Shattered Dreams; performing artist: Johnny Hates Jazz)

Oh girl, you stand by me (FAITHFULLY; performing artist: Journey)

When you stand by the ocean ("I Hope You Dance"; performing artist: Lee Ann Womack)

Please Stand by (1972)

Stand by for Crime (1949)

Please Stand By (1978)

Stand By Me (performing artist: The Blenders)

Stand By Me (performing artist: Spyder Turner)

Stand By Your Man (performing artist: Tammy Wynette)

I'll Stand By You (performing artist: The Pretenders)

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

Books

• I Stand By The River (reference)

• I'll Stand By You - The Letters of Sylvia Townsend (reference)

• Stand by Me (Aloha Cove) (reference)

• Stand by Your Man (reference)

• Stand by Your Pan (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Stand by Me (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• PATRIOT 250 250VA STAND BY (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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United Nations' delegates stand by a U.S. Air Force H-5 helicopter with General Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. Army, Commander in Chief United Nations Command, prior to take off for the initial Armistice talks meeting, 10 July 1951. They are (from left to right): Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Major General Laurence C. Cragie, U.S. Air Force, Major General Paik Sun Yup, Republic of Korea Army, Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, Chief Delegate, General Ridgway, and Major Henry I. Hodes, U.S. Army. Credit: NAVY.

A WAVE gets her "shots" from a Navy doctor, as nurses stand by. Photographed prior to January 1945. The original transparency was a 35mm slide. Credit: NAVY.

Pitcher Jackie Mitchell shaking hands with Babe Ruth, while Lou Gehrig (left) and Joe Engel stand by. Credit: Library of Congress.

"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.

U.S.S. Richmond, "stand by to lay aloft". Credit: Library of Congress.

Stand by the flag, Old Glory. Credit: Library of Congress.

Transformer manufacture. Flowing at the rate of ninety feet per minute, the flattened copper wire is wrapped with insulating tape by these machines. The workers pictured here stand by ready to change spools. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stand by the country's girlhood--The Y.W.C.A. acts for you / W. T. Benda. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stand by the boys in the trenches--Mine more coal / Walter Whitehead 1918. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stand by the country's girlhood--The Y.W.C.A. acts for you / W. T. Benda. Credit: Library of Congress.

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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.

Let us make the barricade twenty feet high, and let us all stand by it.

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Economic History

Turkey

Generally, the validity of the proposal must be three to six months from the bid date and the same validity is expected for the bid bond (generally a stand by letter of credit). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "stand by": stand by for smb. ♦ stand by smb.'s side ♦ To stand by. Additional references.

Albanian

zëvendësues (acting, adjunct, deputy, ersatz, expletive, fill in, locum tenens, makeshift, stand in, stopgap, substitute, substitution, surrogate), rri mënjanë (keep away, keep one's distance, keep oneself to oneself, stand aloof), rezervë (backup, cartridge, deposit, distance, emergency, fountain, fund, garment, hoard, leeway, margin, munition, offishness, ordinary, pool, reservation, reserve, resource, spare, stock, stockpile, store, supply), bëj sehir. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ناصر (befriend, champion, help, patronize, side, stand up for, support), ‏وقف على مقربة, ‏تأهب (alertness, get ready, prepare, preparedness, provide, readiness, set, square up to), ‏جهز (accommodate, activate, appoint, device, equip, equip with, fit, fit out, furnish, gear, get ready, outfit, pack up, prepare, provide, set off, set smb. up in smth., think out), ‏الإحتياطي, ‏البديل (alternate, alternative), ‏إستعد للعمل (gird), ‏إستعد (brace, get ready, groom, prepare, provide against, ready, run in, tool up, wind up). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стоя безучастен, резервно съоръжение, резервен (duplicate, reserve), опора (abut, anchor, anchorage, backlog, bearer, bulwark, buttress, column, cradle, crutch, dependence, faith, foothold, holder, jamb, lodgement, lodgment, mainstay, palladium, pillar, prop, purchase, rampart, rest, rock, roothold, sinews, staff, stay, stock, stronghold, support, tower, underpinning), нащрек съм (be on one's guard, be on the watch, watch, watch out), заставам на страната на, заместник (alternate, deputy, lieutenant, pinch hitter, proxy, replacement, secondary, stand in, sub, substitute, succedaneum, successor, surrogate, vice, vicegerent), пълна готовност за действие, помагало (aid, appliance, handbook, reference book, textbook), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), държа на (abide by, hug, set, stand to, stick to). (various references)

Chinese 

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

Czech

stát při kom, zùstat nablízku, pomoc (aid, assistance, help, ministration, refuge, relief, remedy, standby, succour, support), přihlížet jako divák, přihlížet (look at, look on), dodržet (abide, redeem, stand). (various references)

Finnish

pysyä sanassaan (keep one's word, stand by one's promise). (various references)

French

supporter (stand, stand for, stick, stick it out, stick to smth., stomach), se tenir prêt, se tenir l� , se préparer, voiture de réserve, remplaçant (stand in), ne pas se mêler aux discussions, de réserve (standing by), attention, être prêt (stand prepared), être en état d'alerte. (various references)

German

stehen zu (have an opinion on, honor, honour, stick by, stick to), halten zu (stick by), ersatzmann (replacement, standby, substitute), ersatz (compensation, equivalent, pinch hitter, recovery, reimbursement, reparation, replacement, replacements, reserves, stand in, standby, substitute, substitutes, substitution, surrogate, understudy), bereitstehen (be ready), bereitschaft (duty, preparation, preparedness, readiness, standby, willingness), beistehen (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, help, see through), auswechselspieler (standby, substitute). (various references)

Greek 

υποστηρίζω (assert, back, back up, befriend, bolster, contend, countenance, maintain, patronize, predicate, prop, second, shore, sponsor, stand up for, submit, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), εν αναμονή, επιφυλακή, εφεδρικόσ (spare), είμαι έτοιμοσ, αναμένω (abide, await, expect, wait). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוכן לשמוש (readymade), מצב כו� � ות, מצב �"כן (stand to), לתמוך (advocate, back, brace, buttress, champion, maintain, stay, support, sustain, take sides), ל�"יות בכו� � ות, ל�"יות � כון, במצב �"כן. (various references)

Hungarian

készenlétben lenni, készen áll (be on the alert, be ready, to be all set), jelen van (to attend, to be in place, to be present, to reside in). (various references)

Italian

stare l� , riserva (backup, fund, national park, Park, pool, preserve, provision, qualification, reservation, reserve, sanctuary, stock, wilderness). (various references)

Manx

fuirraghtyn (stay, tarry, wait). (various references)

Pig Latin

andstay ybay

Portuguese

estar presente (assist, show up), estar a postos, assistir (abet, assist, attend, help, relieve, witness). (various references)

Romanian

sprijin de nãdejde, vedea (behold, catch sight of, consider, descry, distinguish, do, find, get a peep, happen, notice, observe, perceive, realize, recognize, see, spy, understand), rezervã (aloofness, budget, chill, condition, deposit, distance, exception, hoard, offishness, qualification, refill, reservation, reserve, restraint, retention, side-room, standoffishness, stipulation, stock, store, substitute, supply), reazem de nãdejde, fi prezent (be present at), fi de faţã (be on the spot), atenţie (acuity, advertence, advertency, attention, be careful, care, careful, carefulness, caution, closeness, complaisance, consideration, deliberation, have a care, heed, here goes, homage, interest, look out, lookout, mindfulness, note, notice, observance, regard, remark, thought, vigilance, watch), asista (assist, help), ajutor (abettor, accommodation, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, aid, ancillary, assistance, assistant, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, help, helper, helpfulness, helping, mate, means, ministrant, office, redress, refuge, relief, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stead, succor, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder). (various references)

Russian 

стоять за (stand for), надежная опора (tower of strength), запасной (duplicate, relief, reserve, reserved, spare), поддерживать (atlas, back, back up, bear out, bear up, befriend, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, encouraged by, exhort, give support to, hold up, keep up, maintain, scaffolds, support, supported, sustain, underpin, upbear, uphold). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pomoći (assist, avail, bale out, give a hand, help, help out, succor, succour, tide, tide over), podržavati (upbear), ostati veran, ispuniti (carry out, cope, fill up, fulfil, fulfill, grout, implement, realize, replenish, stuff), biti u stanju pripravnosti, čekati (await, be waiting, be waiting for, bide, tarry, wait, wait for). (various references)

Spanish

mantenerse listo, estar presente, cumplir (accomplish, become, carry out, comply, discharge, do, execute, fulfil, fulfill, keep, make good, obey, observe, perform, redeem, satisfy, serve), atenerse a (abide, abide by, go by, hold to). (various references)

Swedish

stöd (abutment, backing, buttress, console, countenance, crutch, endorsement, indorsation, indorsement, linchpin, litter, patronage, prop, rest, server, stay, support, supporter, trestle), stå bredvid, reserv- (auxiliary), reserv (backup, fall back, reserve). (various references)

Turkish

sadık kalmak (be faithful, cleave, cling, hold, keep to, stick, stick by), hazır olmak (await, be in the mood to, be on one's mettle, hold oneself ready), beklemedeki şey, beklemek (abide, anticipate, await, bargain for, bide, expect, hang about, hang around, hang on, have smth. in prospect, hold on, hope, look for, look forward to, mark time, stay, Tarry, wait, wait for, watch), bekleyen (expectant), destek (aid, anchorage, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, booster, brace, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, pit prop, prop, reinforcement, relief, rest, rider, second, shore, shot, sponsorship, spur, staff, stake, stanchion, stay, stiffening, strut, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder), desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), güvenilir kimse (a safe card, trusty), beklemede kalmak, hazır beklemek (poised for), yedek (backup, donkey, duplicate, jury, pilot, refill, replacement, reserve, reserve service, reservist, spare, substitute), hazırdaki şey, hazırlık (arrangement, preparation, preparative, preparatory, Providence, provision), yanında olmak (accompany, flank, neighbor, neighbour, stand to), yardım (aid, alms, assist, assistance, backing, backup, booster, comfort, contribution, cooperation, dole, donation, donative, Favor, favour, furtherance, hand, help, helpfulness, lift, relief, rescue, shot, succor, succour, support, sustenance, welfare), yardıma hazır olmak (stand to), yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), hazır (agreeable, at hand, available, content, cut and dried, disposed, finished, forthcoming, forward, game, go, handy, in the mood for, in train, officinal, on, on hand, on one's mettle, on tap, operational, prepared, present, prompt, quick, reach-me-down, ready, ready made, readymade, ripe, snappy, up for, willing). (various references)

Ukrainian

захищати (advocate, apologize, assert, bield, bonnet, champion, cover, defend, fight, overshade, overshadow, protect, shelter, shield, stand up for, stick up for). (various references)

Welsh

sefyll wrth. (various references)

assistere. (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: standby.

-1 letter: dynast.

-2 letters: antsy, bands, bandy, banty, nasty, sandy, stand, tansy.

-3 letters: abys, ands, ants, bads, band, bans, bast, bats, bays, dabs, days, nabs, nays, sand, stab, stay, tabs, tads, tans.

-4 letters: abs, aby, ads, and, ant, any, ays, bad, ban, bas, bat, bay, bys, dab, day, nab, nay, sab, sad, sat, say, sty, syn.

+1 letter: standbys.

+2 letters: bystander.

+3 letters: bystanders.

+4 letters: antisubsidy, isoantibody.

+5 letters: demonstrably, indisputably.