Stand

Definition: Stand

Stand

Noun

1. A support or foundation; "the base of the lamp".

2. The position where a thing or person stands.

3. A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees".

4. A small table for holding articles of various kinds: "a bedside stand".

5. A support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack".

6. An interruption of normal activity.

7. 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".

8. A booth where articles are displayed for sale.

9. A stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand".

10. : tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade).

11. : a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air.

12. : a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone".

Verb

1. Be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!".

2. Be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected".

3. Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground".

4. Hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!".

5. Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue: "Where do you stand on the War?".

6. 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".

7. Remain inactive, as of a car in a garage, or not flowing, as of water.

8. Be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!".

9. Be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall".

10. : put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?".

11. : 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".

12. : be available for stud services, of male domestic animals such as stallions.

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

Date "stand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Stand \Stand\, noun. [Anglo-Saxon stand. See Stand, intransitive verb.]. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Food & Agriculture

General

Literature

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Transportation

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

STAND

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Stand

Feeling

Bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby; abide; (be composed); experience; (meet with); taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.

Crosswords: Stand

Dutch (altitude, circumstances, class, condition, grade, height, pose, position, rank, rate, situation, state), French (barn, pit, shed, stall, stand), German (balance, booth, class, condition, estate, footing, grade, level, place to stand, position, profession, quality, rank, rate, score, stall, stand, standing, standing position, state, station, status, stood), Hungarian (pitch, stand), Portuguese (booth, stand), Romanian (stall, stand), Turkish (stall).

You just couldn't stand it that she was going to kiss me and not you, wasn't it (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

And right now, here I stand because of you, Mr. Anderson (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

If we don't stand up for the kooks, who will (The Iron Giant; writing credit: Brad Bird)

Don't stand in the way of my actualization as a man. (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

I could help you, but I'd rather stand here and record (The Blair Witch Project; writing credit: Daniel Myrick; Eduardo Sánchez)

Stand in the place where you live (Stand; performing artist: R.E.M.)

Who wouldn't stand inside your love and die for (Stand Inside Your Love; performing artist: Smashing Pumpkins)

Stand back stand back (Stand Back; performing artist: Stevie Nicks; writing credit: Stevie Nicks)

Don't stand, don't stand so (Don't Stand So Close To Me; performing artist: The Police)

Doin' everything yo just to survive Above the law, I take our stand (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Never stand between a dog and a tree. (references; author: unknown)

Man who stand on toilet is high on pot. (references; author: unknown)

He who kneels before God can stand before anyone! (references; author: unknown)

The mind can only stand what the butt can endure. (references; author: unknown)

Please Stand by (1972)

Don't Just Stand There! (1968)

Will the Real Mike Yarwood Stand Up? (1968)

A Place to Stand (1967)

Stand at Apache Wells (1963)

Stand By Me (performing artist: The Blenders)

Stand Down (performing artist: Immaculate Fools)

Get Up, Stand Up (performing artist: Steve Marriott)

DON'T JUST STAND THERE  (performing artist: Patti Duke )

DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME  (performing artist: Police )

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

Books

• Socialism Is Coming: Stand Aside (reference)

• Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon (reference)

• Biotic and Abiotic Processes in Eastside Ecosystems: The Effects of Management on Plant and Community Ecology, and on Stand and Landscape Vegetation (reference)

• The Humblest May Stand Forth: Rhetoric, Empowerment, and Abolition (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication) (reference)

• The Accounting Game : Basic Accounting Fresh from the Lemonade Stand (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Mic Stand Magazine (reference)

• Stand To (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Stand By Me - Special Edition (reference)

• The Stand (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather/Soul to Soul [Expanded] [BOX SET] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Vertical Stand (reference)

• Casio GSDX Deluxe Keyboard Stand (reference)

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

Consumer Goods

• KitchenAid K45B Flat Beater Replacement for KSM90 and K45 Stand Mixer (reference)

• Conair 41713 8-by-12-Inch Oval Bevel stand Mirror with Brushed Chrome Stand (reference)

• Bosch 4000K 10" Worksite Table Saw, Including TS1000 Folding Steel Stand and Outfeed Extension, a $154.98 Value (reference)

• Performax 629004K 16-32 Plus Drum Sander, Including Stand (reference)

• DeWalt DW788S 20" Variable Speed Scroll Saw with Stand and Light (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

B. anthracis Colony Characteristics: A. Consistency sticky (tenacious). When teased with loop, colony will stand up like beaten egg white. Credit: CDC.

Sidewalk food vending stand with customers. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2000. Credit: CDC.

Space Shuttle Enterprise Lifted into Dynamic Test Stand. Credit: NASA.

Saturn V, S-II Stage is Lifted into Test Stand. Credit: NASA.

Observing stand in western Nebraska Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hecht was the observer at this station in North Dakota Small wooden observing stand Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Large stand built of welded fuel barrels set as navigation aid on way to South Pole. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Compass stand and ice berg. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Severed branches from an Elkhorn coral stand at Mona Island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A healthy stand of coral reef. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This is intended for the parents advantage, as the other is for the child's; though education, the parents duty, seems to have most power, because the ignorance and infirmities of childhood stand in need of restraint and correction; which is a visible exercise of rule, and a kind of dominion. (Second Treatise of Government)

Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie today, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. (reference)

Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognised subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone. (reference)

When I stand here this quiet afternoon I shudder to visualize what is actually happening to millions now and what is going to happen in this period when famine stalks the earth. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1890)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Nothing can stand more retired from the road than Maple Grove

This, of course, Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away

Arthur had adopted his normal crisis role, which was to stand with his mouth hanging open and let it all wash over him.

It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not, at least, stand on the scaffold by her side

The candle made the savage ends and corners of his face stand out prominently

But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land

He could stand up, put one foot before the other and walk out softly and then run, run, run swiftly through the dark streets

I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves

My hair doth stand an end to hear her curses

He desired I would stand like a Colossus, with my legs as far asunder as I conveniently could

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

When lying down, sit first and then stand. (references)

These children may learn to sit but do not stand. (references)

For this exercise, you stand and hold a cone-shaped object within your vagina. (references)

Business

Again, niche products are key and this is where U.S. companies stand a good chance in the market. (references)

The new airport, which should stand completed by the end of 2010, would serve as a complementary airport to Arlanda. (references)

As things stand now, the NFFO program is under review and as a result, the UK government is not awarding any new contracts for renewable projects. (references)

Civil Liberties

Zimbabwe

Police reportedly followed fleeing persons into supermarkets to club them and beat commuters disembarking from a bus at a nearby bus stand. (references)

Zambia

In spite of Government criticism of these churches for taking a stand on a political issue, these organizations were able to organize activities freely to mobilize public opinion on the third-term issue. (references)

Turkey

Several Christians in Istanbul continued to stand trial on charges of opening a Christian training institute without legal permission and violating Law 2911, which "prohibits unauthorized meetings and demonstrations," for holding church and bible study meetings in an apartment. (references)

Economic History

Korea

Several facts stand out. (references)

Argentina

One-third of the Senate will stand for reelection every 2 years. (references)

South Africa

Corruption and bureaucracy stand out as the major barriers facing U.S. firms. (references)

Human Rights

Venezuela

Before Ferrer could stand up to provide his identification card, a Guard member beat him. (references)

Congo

There were reports of guards forcing many prisoners into small cells with room only to stand. (references)

Ghana

Photographs of the man in court show him held up by two policemen because he was too weak and ill to stand. (references)

Minorities

Pakistan

The suspects were charged under the Hudood Ordinances and were scheduled to stand trial in September 2000. However, one of the suspects was released for lack of evidence. (references)

Russia

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sent letters to Krasnoyarsk leaders, including Governor Aleksandr Lebed, urging swift investigation and a clear stand against anti-Semitism. (references)

Austria

The leader of the country's Jewish community reported that persons within the community who took a stand against racism and xenophobia were subjected to anonymous verbal and written threats. (references)

Political Economy

Uruguay

The president may not stand for immediate re-election, but may be re-elected after at least one term out of office. (references)

PERU

Net foreign reserves stand at about $8.2 billion, down from over $10 billion four years ago but still well above accepted norms. (references)

Pakistan

The PML-N is slightly to the right of the PPP. Both parties stand discredited because their rule was marked by corruption, mismanagement and bad governance. (references)

Political Rights

Papua New Guinea

Any citizen may stand for election. (references)

Malaysia

The Islamic opposition party does not allow female candidates to stand as candidates for the lower house; however, the Party has a female senator. (references)

Turkey

Three southeast HADEP mayors, who were arrested in February 2000, continue to stand trial for "supporting an illegal organization (the PKK)" under Article 169 of the Penal Code. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

At the end of 2000, the sector's total assets were equivalent to about USD 5.5 billion, and the total banking capital was reported to stand at around 30 per cent of total liabilities. (references)

Travel

Spain

Catching a cab at a taxi stand should avoid this hazard. (references)

Denmark

Unlike in the United States, men do not stand when a woman enters or leaves a room. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Prison officials reportedly force prisoners to run barefoot, to stand motionless for extended periods, and to march for extended periods while shouting patriotic slogans. (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.

That made the sun stand still

Expressions using "stand": A stand of arms ♦ a stuff able to stand wear and tear ♦ ad at a stand ♦ aircraft stand ♦ artificial stand ♦ as matters stand ♦ as true as i stand here! ♦ bare stand ♦ be brought to a stand ♦ bicycle stand for bicycles ♦ cab stand ♦ coat stand ♦ come to a stand ♦ covered stand ♦ cruet stand ♦ Custer's Last Stand ♦ dead stand ♦ display stand ♦ don't stand gaping ♦ exhibition stand ♦ Flake stand ♦ flower stand ♦ fruit stand ♦ fully equipped stand ♦ Garden stand ♦ go and stand ♦ Grand stand ♦ hall stand ♦ hard stand ♦ hat stand ♦ hold stand ♦ i can't stand her! ♦ i can't stand him ♦ i can't stand it any longer ♦ i stand corrected ♦ i won't stand between them ♦ ink stand ♦ Interjection: stand at ease ♦ kick stand ♦ let every tub stand on its bottom ♦ let stand ♦ loading stand ♦ main stand ♦ make a stand ♦ make a stand for ♦ make one's hair stand on end ♦ manoeuvring stand ♦ microscope stand ♦ minus stand ♦ music stand ♦ news stand ♦ news stand man ♦ night stand ♦ no one can stand between us ♦ not have a leg to stand on ♦ not leave a leg to stand on ♦ not to stand on ceremony ♦ not to stand upon etiquette ♦ operational stand ♦ peninsula stand ♦ place to stand ♦ plant stand ♦ proving stand ♦ reading stand ♦ residual stand ♦ reviewing stand ♦ shoeshine stand ♦ spool stand ♦ stable stand ♦ stand a bottle of wine ♦ stand a chance ♦ stand a drink ♦ stand a fair chance ♦ stand a good chance ♦ stand a round of drinks ♦ stand a trial ♦ stand about ♦ stand about the door ♦ stand above ♦ stand against ♦ stand aghast ♦ stand alone ♦ stand alone console ♦ stand alone synchronization equipment ♦ stand aloof ♦ stand and deliver! ♦ stand apart ♦ stand around ♦ stand as a candidate ♦ stand as smb.'s godfather ♦ stand aside ♦ stand aside! ♦ stand at ♦ stand at a distance ♦ stand at attention ♦ stand at bay ♦ stand at ease ♦ stand at ease! ♦ stand at the salute ♦ stand away ♦ stand back. Additional references.

Beginning with "stand": stand-alone, stand-alones, stand-back, stand-ball, Stand-by, stand-by engine, stand-by passenger, stand-by unit, stand-by-my-principles, stand-bys, stand-collar, stand-down, stand-downs, stand-holders, stand-in, stand-ins, stand-mounted, stand-off, stand-offish, stand-offs, stand-on, stand-out, stand-patter, stand-pipe, stand-pipes, stand-point, stand-points, stand-still, stand-to, stand-to', stand-up, stand-up bar, stand-up collar, stand-up comedian, stand-up fight, stand-up meal, stand-ups.

Ending with "stand": hat-stand, news-stand, one-night-stand, wash-stand.

Containing "stand": Can't-stand-still-ski, don't-stand-in-my-way-or-else.

Afrikaans

opstaan (arise, ascend, get, get up, go up, lift, rise, stand up), staan (abide, bear, carry out, endure, put, put up with, suffer). (various references)

Albanian

stacion (stage, station, stop, works), pupitër (lectern, music stand, music-rack), gjendem (be, be discovered, be found, be present, be situated, find oneself, grow, turn up), jam i gjatë, kiosk (kiosk), mbështetëse (backrest, bearer, bracket, buttress, console, crutch, prop, rack, reinforcement, rest, saddle, shore, stanchion, support, supporter), mbajtëse (abutment, brace, bracket, cleat, hold, holder, holdfast, hook, keeper, Mount, pendant, rack, retainer, standard, support, supporter, tenter), ndalem (break off, call on, drop in, drop off, dwell on, halt, lay off, light, pause, pull up, put up, stand still, stop), ndalesë (check, halt, pause, rest, standstill, station, stop, stopover, stoppage, stopping), ndodhem (be, be located), ngrihem (ascend, get up, jump, overlook, proceed, raise, regelate, revolt, rise, stand up, stand up to, take off, take wing, tower, turn out, upheave), banak (bar, buffet, counter, desk, tabouret), pozicion (attitude, fix, lay, location, notch, pose, position, ranking, situation, stance), vendqëndrim (bus stop, emplacement, halt station, pitch, site, ubiety), qëndresë (endurance, fastness, fortitude, hardiness, lasting, resistance, stamina, stay, tolerance, toughness), qëndrim (attitude, bearing, carriage, concernment, continuance, deportment, footing, halt, indwelling, mien, notch, poise, port, pose, posture, stay, stop, waiting), qëndroj (be, endure, fend, hold out, remain, set, settle, sit, stay, stop), rezistencë (drag, endurance, rebuff, resistance, resistor, toughness), rri në këmbë, tezgë (bookstall, go cart, hand-barrow, litter, stall, stretcher), vë (apply, attach, contract, deposit, direct, establish, get in, get on, impose, inflict, instal, install, instate, lay, lay down, locate, mislay, place, plant, pull on, put, set, settle, shut, station, stick, Stow), vendosem (determine, locate, make up one's mind, put up, sit down, think fit), portmano. (various references)

Arabic 

‏وقف (bait, bristle, carry, cessation, check, come to a halt, devote, discontinuation, disposal, get up, halt, pause, pull up, refraining, rise, severance, stand up, stasis, stood, stoppage, stopping), ‏أبحر في إتجاه معين, ‏أطاق (bear, brook, endure, put up, stomach, sustain, tolerate), ‏أوقف (arrest, arrested, break, can, cease, challenge, check, choke, cut, cut out, discontinue, estop, garage, halt, hinder, intercept, kill, nick, nobble, obstruct, pull in, shut off, stay, stem, stop, turn off), ‏إبتعد (distance, feel one's way, give a wide berth, go away, keep away, pull away, recede, roll away, subside, sweep), ‏إصطف (align, echelon, rank, row, string, toe the line), ‏إتخذ موقف, ‏إنتصاب (aplomb, erection), ‏ترشح (candidate, elect, filter, nominate, oozing, percolate, present, put in, run, run for office, transpire), ‏تراجع (back away, back down, back up, backwards, blemish, degradation, draw back, drawback, fall back, fall behind, give back, give ground, give the right of way, kick, lose ground, move back, palinode, recede, recess, recession, recoil, regress, regression, renege, retire, retract, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrogression, sell out, take back, turn back, unsay, withdraw), ‏تحمل (afford, bear, bear up, bearing, decamp, defray, endure, firmness, have smb. over, hold out, incur, last, lump it, mizzle, pocket, put up with, see, stick, stick it out, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, tighten, tolerate, undergo), ‏ظل قائما, ‏واقف (standing), ‏كان في موقف, ‏وقوف (halt, pause, standing, standoff, station), ‏قاوم (combat, counter, fight, hold, hold one's own, hold out, oppose, protest against, resist, set one's face against, struggle, withstand), ‏قفير خلية نحل (hive), ‏مجموعة أشجار (clump), ‏موقف (attitude, garage, halt, park, parking lot, position, shutoff, situation, stance, station, stop, taxi stand), ‏موقف السيارات, ‏مقاومة (fight, impedance, opposition, refractoriness, reluctance, renitency, resistance, stamina, strength), ‏منبر (platform, rostrum, tribune), ‏منصة (bench, dais, dispatch box, foretop, gallery, platform, podium, ringside, rostrum, stage, staging, trestle, tribune), ‏منضدة (bar, bureau, desk, table), ‏كشك لبيع الصحف, ‏توقف (break off, breakdown, come to a halt, cut off, demise, discontinue, end, halt, hinge, hitch, lapse, layover, let up, letup, obstruction, pass by, pause, pull up, quit, rest, run down, setback, stall, stay, stop, stop over, stoppage, stopping, touch). (various references)

Bulgarian 

посев (crop, sowing), държа се на краката си, насаждение (plantation), намирам се в дадено положение, място (collocation, elbow room, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, post, room, seat, site, space, spot, station, stead), заставам, запазвам се (keep, last, persist, stick, stick on, survive), естрада (bandsman, bandstand, estrade, platform, stage), етажерка (whatnot), не се променям, поставка (base, rack, support), отпор (letdown, rebuff, repulse, resistance, set down), почерпвам (treat smb.), понасям (bear, bear off, bide, carry, carry off, digest, drag along, go, incur, play along, pocket, see, stick, suffer, support, sweep away, take, tolerate, undergo), позиция (point, position, slant, stance, station), подставка (chock, horse-block, jamb, mounting, pedestal, prop, rest, seat, sole, standard, stock, support), подложен съм на, подпора (abut, abutment, brace, bracing, bracket, counterfort, jamb, pillar, post, prop, puncheon, rest, shore, sprag, stock, stull, support, tree, upright), пиаца (public square), издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, subsist, support, sustain, take, wear out, withstand), правя стойка (set), спиране (arrest, blocking, braking, catch, cease, cessation, discontinuance, dwell, halt, hold up, holdback, interruption, letup, prevention, retention, snub, standstill, stay, stop, stopping, tie up), стоя прав (stand up), стоя (abide, keep, remain, sit, sit up, stay, stick, tarry), стойка (attitude, bipod, carriage, crutch, deportment, holder, leg, pier, pillar, port, post, posture, rack, rest, riser, set, tree), стенд, ставам (arise, become, come, come round, eventuate, fit, get, get up, grow, intervene, occur, pass, proceed, pull up, rise, roll out, run, take place, transpire, turn, turn out, up), становище (attitude, outlook, position, posture, standpoint), устоявам на (defy, endure, outride, resist, stand against, weather), свидетелско място, насочвам се (orientate, play), слагам (apply, deposit, fit in, fix, ground, implant, impose, lay, lay down, pass, pitch, place, plank down, pop, posit, position, pull on, put, put down, put in, put on, put to, rest, run, set, sew on, ship, stick, stick down, vat), съпротива (defence, defense, opposition, reluctance, resistance, underground), спирам се (determine, draw bit, dwell on, enlarge, jib, pull up, repose, rest, stay, stop), щанд (counter, stall), черпя (set up, shout, stand sam, treat), трибуна (grandstand, platform, rostrum), конзола (bracket, cantilever, console), висок съм, оставам си на мястото, оставам в сила (sustain), сергия (booth, stall). (various references)

Catalan

caixa (cashier's stand, fund, money box, money-box, till). (various references)

Chinese 

站住 , 立场 (standpoint, stands), 主張 (position, proposition, to advocate, to stand for, view, viewpoint). (various references)

Cornish

sevel (to stand). (various references)

Czech

stánek (kiosk, stall), stání (hearing, stall, trial), stát (be, be up, cost, country, polity, stagnate, state), stanovištì (site, station), stanovisko (point of view, stand point, standpoint, view point, viewpoint), stojan (easel, horse, lamp holder, post, rack), strpìt (allow, Brook, take), snést (abide, Brook, endure, stomach, suffer, take), pult (bar, counter), být v platnosti, dodržet (abide, redeem, stand by), klid (calm, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, repose, rest, serenity, standstill, still, stillness, tranquillity), místo (accommodation, appointment, instead of, job, locus, part, place, post, room, situation, space, spot, standing, venue), nacházet se (be, be located, be placed, inhabit, lie), nefungovat, pódium (catwalk, dais, stage), postoj (attitude, poise, port, pose, position, stance), tribuna (hustings, Tribune), regál (bookshelf, rack, shelf), být umístìn, zastavení (cessation, discontinuance, halt, let up, pull back, stay, stillstand, stop, suspension, tackle), zastavit se (call, call a halt, come to a halt, come to halt, come to rest, heave to, run down, stop by), zastávat, vydržet (bear, endure, hold on, hold out, last, spin out, stay, stick it out, stomach, sustain, take, tolerate, undergo, withstand), ubránit (hold), trvat na (hold to, insist on, persist, stand out), polièka (ledge). (various references)

Danish

stå op (get up, rise, stand up), stå, barak (barn, shed). (various references)

Dutch

schuur (barn, barrack, shack, shanty, shed), loods (barn, barrack, pilot, shack, shanty, shed), kraam (barn, shed), keet (barn, barrack, shack, shanty, shed), huisje (barn, cottage, shed, shell). (various references)

Esperanto

stariĝi (get up, rise, stand up), stari, ekstari (get up, rise, stand up), budo (barn, shed). (various references)

Faeroese

standa, fara á føtur (get up, rise, stand up), búð (barn, boutique, shed, shop, store). (various references)

Farsi 

ماندن (Abide, Be, Lie, Remain, Settle, Stall, Stay, Subsist), قرارگرفتن (Lie, Perch, Sit, Stymie), واقع بودن , واداشتن (Appoint, Cause, Wrest), توقف کردن (Stay, Stop), عهده دارشدن (Emprise, Guarantee, Undertake), ایستادن (Abide, Cease, Stop), ایست کردن (Halt), راست شدن , بودن (Exist, Like, Tender). (various references)

Finnish

seisoa (be at a standstill). (various references)

French

stand (stall), kiosque (news stand, stall). (various references)

Frisian

stean (depend), kream (barn, shed), diske (barn, shed). (various references)

German

stehen (appear, be, be at a standstill, be erect, be finished, be parked, be settled, be situated, be upstanding, become, have stopped, point, sit, standing, standstill, stop, suit, to stand, wait), gestell (bay, bench, chassis, clothes dryer, easel, frame, landing gear, rack, tressle, trestle, undercarriage, workbench), stand (balance, booth, class, condition, estate, footing, grade, level, place to stand, position, profession, quality, rank, rate, score, stall, standing, standing position, state, station, status, stood), ständer (hard on, pillar, pillars, post, rack, stator, upright), sich stellen (confront, face, get up, give oneself up, go and stand, position oneself, pretend, rise, set itself, stand up, surrender), Bude (barn, booth, diggings, digs, hut, kiosk, pad, shanty, shebang, shed, stall), ausstehen (abide, be due, be owing, be still to come, bear, born, borne, do with, endure, go through, put up with, stomach, suffer), andauern (continue, hang over, keep up, last, to continue, to last). (various references)

Greek 

στέκομαι (stay), εξέδρα (dais, grandstand, platform, podium, rostrum, stage). (various references)

Hebrew 

להציב (dispose, place, post, rear, set, set up, spot), עצירה (apprehension, halt, prevention, retention, stop, stoppage), עומד (about to, going to, intending, platform, post, stand up, standing, standing place), עמדה (attitude, domicile, position, posture, stance, standing, standing place, station, status), עמידה (condition, durability, position, resistance, stability, standing), שולחנון, תקומה (existence, rebirth, recovery, resistance, resurrection, revival, uprising), דוכן (booth, counter, dais, platform, table), לגלות סבלנות (abide, endure, put up with, tolerate), מעמיד (base, pedestal, plinth), להחזיק מעמד (bear up, endure, hold ones ground, hold one's own, hold out, keep up, last out, stand for, stick it out, sustain, weather), להעמיד (place, rear, set), להיות מועמד (run), לעמוד (get up, rise, stop, take place), מצב (condition, fettle, garrison, occasion, position, post, shape, situation, state, status), מצג (display, exposition, pose, posture, presentation, station), לסבול (bear, endure, smart, stomach, suffer, tolerate). (various references)

Hungarian

állvány (cratch, horse, leg, mount, mounting, scaffold, scaffolding, spider, stage, staging, trestle), áll (chin, exchange at par, have the best of the running, stood, to agree, to align, to be on the verge of death, to be shadowed by the police, to fend for oneself, to get on one's feet, to hire in, to hire on, to hold good, to hold true, to put the foot down, to side, to stagnate, to stand, to stand like a post, to stand stiff as a post, to stand stock-still, to take sides with sy, to top a list). (various references)

Icelandic

standa. (various references)

Indonesian

pendirian (building, contention, convictions, establishment, founding, opinion, stand point), menempatkan (collocate, locate, put), diri (exist, self), berdiri. (various references)

Inuktitut

nikuvittuq (to stand up). (various references)

Irish

seas. (various references)

Italian

stare in piedi, granaio (barn, breadbasket, granary, shed), stare (abide, be, be up, do, dwell, exist, go, lie, life, lifetime, live, remain, rest, sit, stay, stay over), alzarsi (arise, get, get up, heave, rise, shoot up, spring up, stand up, stir). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

露店 (booth, street stall). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たち (cut, cutting, long sword, mansion, nature, plural suffix, quality, small castle), ばいてん (shop), かだい (a tentative title, abutment, excessive, frame, name of poem, stand for flower vase, subject, task, theme, too much, unreasonable), ろてん (booth, dew point, open air, street stall), スタンド , やたいみせ (stall), だい (brotherly affection, charge, cost, faithful service to those older, ordinal, price, rack, subject, support, table, theme, title, topic, younger brother). (various references)

Korean 

대 (leap, SKIP, Skipping, stands, Versus, VS). (various references)

Malay

bangkit (get up, rise, stand up). (various references)

Manx

stad (arrest, intermission, pull up, stage, standstill, station, stationary, stay, stop, stop point, stop sign, stoppage, stopping place), sorghyn, soiaghan, shasstan, shassoo (attitude, erection, halt; keeping, hold, hold out, hold up, rampant, represent, stance, standing, stop, tumescence), shass, irree ny hassoo, cur ny hassoo (pose, raise), bwaane (booth, cabin, cottage, cuddy on barge, hovel, hut, kiosk, outhouse, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, stall), boayl (centre, indentation, location, place, scene, spot, where), ardan (platform, stage). (various references)

Maya

wa'al (to stand up). (various references)

Norwegian

stå (abide). (various references)

Pig Latin

andstay.(various references)

Polish

stać. (various references)

Portuguese

suporte (backing, base, basis, brace, bracing, bracket, buttress, carrier, cleat, column, crutch, foot, girder, hanger, hold, holder, holdfast, lay-over, leg, pedestal, pillow, pillow-block, post, ribbing, socket, stake, stanchion, stay, stock, stool, supporter, tie-plate), descanso (bracket, break, crutch, halt, landing, lay-over, leisure, lounge, pillow, pillow-block, placement, quiescence, quiescency, recumbence, recumbency, refreshment, relaxation, repose, requiem, respite, rest, resting, saddle, sleep, time-out, touch-down, truce), cavalete (bench, bridge, corbel, dog, easel, feather, rack, tressle, trestle, tripod, workbench). (various references)

Romanian

se bizui (presume upon, repose, rest), se îndrepta (bear, bear in with, draw, head, line out, make, make for, mend one's ways, straighten, take to, trend towards, unbend), se afla (be, come, exist, lie), se gãsi (come, find oneself), se menţine (hold, hold fast, hold up, keep, keep up), se opri (break, cease, check, come down, come to a stand, come to a stop, draw up, halt, let up, pause, rest, stand at, stop), se opune (antagonize, balk, baulk, contravene, counter, oppose, repugn, take exception to, traverse), se ridica (amount, arise, come up, crest, flush, get up, heave, lift, Mount, rise, shoot up, uprise), sta (abide, be, keep, lie, live, remain, sit, stay, stay over, stop, Tarry), staţie (cab stand, halt, stage, station, stop), staţionare (parking, standing, station), stand (stall), stativ (frame), suferi (abide, ail, allow, bear, Brook, carry out, endure, experience, go through, have, languish, permit, put up with, smart, stick, suffer, undergo), suport (bolster, carriage, chuck, foot, holdfast, Jack, leg, mat, Mount, pad, pedal, plinth, prop, puncheon, reliance, shore, stanchion, steady, stem, support), suporta (abide, bear, bear with, digest, endure, forbear, stick, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate), se achita (acquit oneself), staţiona (Park), merge (act, draw, drive, fir, foot, function, get, go, hark, hedge, hit, leg it, make, move, operate, pace, pass, repair, ride, roll, run, step, travel, work), face cinste (stand sam), fi (be, come, cost, exist, go, happen, keep, lie, make, occur), fi candidat la, fi valabil (hold, stand good), face caz, loc (accommodation, billet, blank, corner, estate, field, job, lieu, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, post, quarter, region, room, seat, site, spot, standing, station, stead, where), candida (run), naviga (make sail, sail), haltã (halt, stop, stoppage), estradã (dais, estrade, platform, rostrum, scaffold, stage), dura (build, continue, hold, hold out, keep, last, make), cuier (hal peg, hallstand, hanger, hanging, hat stand, peg, rack, rail), şi ţine pe picioare, împotrivire (repugnance, resistance, stoppage, stopping), odihni (relax, repose, rest, sleep, slumber), însemna (badge, be, betoken, brand, chalk out, connote, denote, dint, excoriate, imply, import, item, jot down, mark off, mean, note, record, scotch, signify, spell, tick), posturã (poise, position, posture, stance, station), aşeza (arrange, bed, beset, bestow, build, collocate, dispose, encase, establish, fall, fix, impose, lay, lay down, place, position, put, put down, put on, repose, seat, set, settle, situate, stack, stick, Stow, subside), drept (as, attribution, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, due, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, fairly, for, forthright, honest, just, justice, justly, kind, law, legitimate, patent, permission, plain, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, reasonable, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright), tribunã (grand stand, grandstand, rostrum, stage, Tribune), tolera (admit, allow, allow of, bear, endure, get over, indulge, permit, suffer, support, tolerate), tejghea (bar, counter), tarabã (booth), rezistenţã (endurance, kick, lasting, opponency, opposition, proof, reliability, reluctance, resistance, stamina, stoutness, strength, tolerance of, toughness), rezista la (carry, resist, stick), rezista (bear, come through, fend, hold, hold fast, hold out, hold up, keep, live, resist, stand against, stay, stem, strive, withstand), rãmâne (abide, continue, dwell, go down, keep, Lodge, remain, rest, stay), popas (bait, halt, stoppage), poziţie (attitude, bearing, hang, line up, locality, locus, place, position, set, setting, site, situation, standing, standpoint, view), oferi (accord, afford, avail, bid, exhibit, extend, give, hold forth, offer, proffer, put up, show, stretch, yield), porni (begin, commence, goad, move, put away, sail, set, set in motion, start, start for, take to, unleash, urge), ţine (carry, check, continue, deliver, endure, hang onto, happen, hold, keep, last, live, observe, own, poise, resist, retain, run, stock, support, wield). (various references)

Romany

tèrgyovav (to stand). (various references)

Russian 

стоять (be, hold, stood). (various references)

Scottish

seas (endure, last, support). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stajanje (hang, standing), stav (attitude, movement, paragraph, pose, posture, setup, stance), stativ, stalak (easel, go cart), stajati (become, fit, suit), držati se po strani (keep oneself to oneself, stand aloof), izdržati (bear up, face it out, hold out, resist, stick it out, weather, withstand), nogare (easel, trestle, tripod), održati (keep, keep up, maintain, preserve, sustain), otpor (counteraction, counterwork, impedance, opposition, rebuff, resistance, set down, setdown), postaviti uspravno, postolje (chassis, mount, pedestal, rack), štand (booth, display), pult (drop counter, lectern, rostrum), zastoj (deadlock, halt, hitch, hold up, malfunction, misfire, pause, slowdown, stagnancy, stagnation, standstill, stasis, stoppage, tie up), tezga (booth, counter, drop counter, shamble, stall), tribina (grandstand, tribune), trpeti (abide, brook, do with, endure, put up, put up with, suffer, thole), voditi (conduct, direct, guide, keep, lead, take, wage), prisloniti (lean). (various references)

Spanish

puesto (barn, booth, cadre, degree, employment, enclosed, envelope, established, flooring, hide, imposition, imprisonment, inserted, installation, job, laid, landed, lieu, lined, on, opening, pitch, place, position, post, rating, shed, stall, station), levantarse (arise, break up, get up, getup, lift, pant, pick oneself up, raise, raise oneself, rise, run high, set in, stand up, tip up, tumble out, turn out, uprise), granero (barn, breadbasket, garner, granary, shed), estar de pie, posición (attitude, fix, footing, lie, lieu, location, perch, place, point, position, rank, stance, standing, status), estante (bookcase, bookshelf, ledge, piece of furniture with shelves, prop, rack, shelf, whatnot, wrack), cabina (barn, bathing box, booth, cab, cabin, cubicle, locker, shed, sleeping compartment). (various references)

Sranan

tanapu. (various references)

Swedish

tåla (abide, bear, brook, endure, hold, put up with, suffer, tolerate), stativ (foot, frame, tripod), stå, ställ (kit, undercarriage), bestå (consist, continue, endure, last, pay for, provide, remain). (various references)

Turkish

sineye çekmek (bear, pocket, put up with, stand for, stomach, swallow), sehpa (coffee table, horse, stillage, trestle, trestlework, tripod), ayaklık (treadle), direnmek (fight back, hold out, hold up, jib, jib at doing, make a stand for, offer resistance, persevere, refuse, resist, stand out, stand out against, stick up to, withstand), direnme (resistance), dikilmek (be planted, be sewn, stand on, stand up, stand upon, stick up), devam etmek (attend, carry forward, carry over, continue, draw, endure, follow on, get along, go ahead, go ahead with smth., go along, go on, hang over, hold, keep at, keep going, keep on, keep up, last, pass on, persist, proceed, progress, prosecute, pursue, push, run on, stand to), 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 by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), dayanma (endurance, lean, osculation, resistance, resting, stay, sufferance, tolerance, wear), durak (caesura, full point, full stop, rest, station, stop, stopping place), ayakta durmak, durum (attitude, ball game, case, circumstance, condition, conditions, conjuncture, context, estate, event, fact, fettle, footing, instance, lay, lie, occasion, pass, plight, position, posture, repair, score, set, set up, shape, showing, situation, situs, stance, state, state of affairs, status, trim, way), ayaklı askılık, ayak (buttress, foot, foot-operated, hoof, leg, pace, paw, plates, pod, step, stillage, stride, tootsy), ayağa kalkmak (alight on one's feet, arise, get on, rise, stand up), üstlenmek (accept, assume, be stuck with, bear, support, take on, take over, take upon oneself, undertake, volunteer), çekilmek (abdicate, be pulled, bolt, bow, bow out, decline, desist, draw away, draw back, draw off, dry up, ebb, edge out, give over, go out, gravitate, opt out, quit, recede, repair, resign, retire, retract, scratch, secede, step aside, step down, walk out, withdraw), bulunmak (be, be found, be located, be present, be situated, exist, find oneself, have, present, present oneself, reside, turn up), kürsü (bench, chair, dais, desk, green table, lectern, professorial chair, professorship, pulpit, rostrum, Tribune), tribün (grandstand, terrace, Tribune), tezgâh (bench, counter, frame, pitch, siege, stall, workbench), ormanda yetişen ağaç, katlanmak (abide, accept, bear, Brook, crease, digest, do with, double, endure, face, face up to, go through, grin and bear it, last out, lump, lump it, put up with, sit down under, stand the racket, stick, stick it, stick out, stomach, suffer, sustain, sweat out, take, take it, take one's medicine, tolerate, undergo), katlanma (bearing, being folded, endurance, plication, sufferance), karşı koymak (bear against, confront, contest, counter, counteract, counterwork, demur, dispute, face, face up to, fend, fight back, offer resistance, oppugn, refuse, resist, set against, stand out, stand out against, stand up to, stick up to, withstand), durmak (be, cease, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, draw up, endure, halt, harp, hold, hold on, intermit, keep, let up, linger, pack up, pull in, pull up, remain, rest, run down, stall, stay, stop), kalmak (abide, be left, be left over, bed, come to, continue, devolve, fail, flunk, keep, keep to, leave, put up, refuge, remain, rest with, room, sleep, stay, stop, survive, Tarry, wait), ısmarlamak (bespeak, commission, give an order, have it made, order, place, place an order, send away for, stand treat, treat, treat smb. to smth.), ihtiyaç duymak, iş yeri, hal (aspect, circs, condition, demeanor, demeanour, estate, event, face, fettle, lay, plight, posture, repair, set, sight, situation, state, status), göğüs germek (brave, breast, face, resist, square up, square up to, stand out against, stand up to, stick up to, survive), ekim alanı, yer (earth, footing, geo-, Glebe, ground, ground-, locale, locality, location, locus, mother earth, pew, place, position, post, premises, quarter, room, seat, site, situation, situs, slot, space, spot, standing, station, stead, terrain, terraneous, ubiety, where, whereabouts), duruş (attitude, carriage, hang, poise, port, pose, position, posture, stance), kanıtlamak (attest, attest to, aver, be contented with, certify, demonstrate, document, establish, evidence, make smth. stick, prove, shore, show, stamp, substantiate, support, verify). (various references)

Turkmen 

kuwwatlanmak (aquire, gain), durmak (be still, get up). (various references)

Ukrainian

стійка (balance, bar, stance), стояти (stand about), столик, стенд, ставити (ante, place, plank, posit, position, post, produce, put, set, set out, set up, stage, stagemanage), знаходитися (bear, front), ларьок. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự dừng lại (break, stood), sự đấu tranh chống lại chỗ đứng (stood), sự đứng lại sự chống cự (stood), vị trí lập trường (stood), quan điểm giá (stood). (various references)

Welsh

sefyll (stop). (various references)

Zulu

-sukuma (get up, rise, stand up), -ma. (various references)

barag, gana. (various references)

basis. (various references)

adsistant, adsistatis, adsistebant, adsistebat, adsistens, adsistentem, adsistere, adsisterent, adsistunt, adstiterunt, adstitit, circumstabant, circumstans, circumstante, circumstantes, circumstantibus, circumstarent, circumstat, circumsteterunt, consistant, consistens, consistentes, consistere, consisteret, consistite, consistunt, constiterant, ecclesiastes, insistebant, insistentes, insistere, institerit, interstetit, praestaturum, resistat, resistebant, resistebat, resistendum, resistent, resistente, resistentem, resistentes, resistenti, resistentibus, resistere, resisteret, resistet, resistis, resistit, resistite, resistitis, resistunt, restiterat, restiterit, restiterunt, restitistis, restitit, sta, stabam, stabant, stabantque, stabat, stabimus, stabis, stabisque, stabit, stabitis, stabitque, stabo, stabunt, stamus, standum, stans, stansque, stant, stante, stantem, stantes, stantibus, stantis, stantium, stare, starent, stares, staret, staretis, stari, stas, stat, state, statis, statu, statum, statura, staturae, staturam, stem, stemus, stent, stes, stet, steterant, steterat, stetere, steterim, steterint, steteris, steterit, steterunt, steteruntque, steti, stetis, stetisse, stetissent, stetisset, stetisti, stetistis, stetit, stetitque, stetur, sto, subsistam, subsistant, subsiste, subsistent, subsistere, subsisterem, subsisteremus, subsisterent, subsisteret, subsistet, subsistunt, substiterant. (various references)

estal. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "stand": standard, standardbred, standardbreds, standardise, standardised, standardises, standardising, standardization, standardizations, standardize, standardized, standardizes, standardizing, standardless, standardly, standards, standaway, standby, standbys, standee, standees, stander, standers, standing, standings, standish, standishes, standoff, standoffish, standoffishly, standoffishness, standoffishnesses, standoffs, standout, standouts, standpat, standpatter, standpatters, standpattism, standpattisms, standpipe, standpipes, standpoint, standpoints, stands, standstill, standstills, standup. (additional references)

Words ending with "stand": bandstand, bedstand, cabstand, grandstand, handstand, hardstand, headstand, inkstand, kickstand, misunderstand, newsstand, nightstand, outstand, understand, upstand, washstand, withstand. (additional references)

Words containing "stand": bandstands, bedstands, bystander, bystanders, cabstands, freestanding, grandstanded, grandstander, grandstanders, grandstanding, grandstands, handstands, hardstanding, hardstandings, hardstands, headstands, inkstands, kickstands, longstanding, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, misunderstands, newsstands, nightstands, nonstandard, notwithstanding, outstanding, outstandingly, outstands, substandard, understandabilities, understandability, understandable, understandably, understanding, understandingly, understandings, understands, unstandardized, ununderstandable, upstanding, upstandingness, upstandingnesses, upstands, washstands, withstanding, withstands. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Stand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: astano, estant, Mstind, Ostende, sandp, satand, sband, scand, Seanad, shand, sitan, skand, sland, srand, staan, stad, stadt, stam, stan, stana, standa, Standli, staned, stans, stard, starnd, stend, stinx, swand, tand, tzand, Ystad. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ands, ants, sand, tads, tans.

-2 letters: ads, and, ant, sad, sat, tad, tan, tas.

-3 letters: ad, an, as, at, na, ta.

+1 letter: daunts, dynast, stands, staned, strand.

+2 letters: advents, ansated, astound, attends, bandits, daltons, dankest, decants, dentals, descant, destain, detains, discant, distain, distant, donates, dopants, dustman, dustpan, dynasts, dynasty, fantods, handset, instead, mantids, pandits, pedants, pentads, sainted, sandlot, sandpit, scanted, slanted, stained, standby, standee, stander, standup, stanged, strands, tandems, tundras, unsated, upstand.

+3 letters: absented, adamants, adenitis, adjoints, adjuncts, andantes, andesite, andesyte, antacids, antiskid, assented, astonied, astounds, asyndeta, audients, bartends, bedstand, blandest, cabstand, cantdogs, daftness, dainties, damndest, dandiest, darndest, daunters, depaints, descants, destains, detrains, deviants, dextrans, dianthus, diatrons, dingbats, discants, displant, distains, distance, distrain, donators, downcast, dragnets, dustpans, dynamist, dynastic, dystonia, endocast, endostea, fastened, fondants, grandest, handfast, handiest, handlist, handouts, handsets, hastened, hatbands, hydrants, indrafts, inkstand, instated, intrados, mandates, mastodon, mediants, mordants, nakedest, notepads, odonates, odorants, outlands, outstand, oxidants, pandects, pendants, pintadas, pintados, radiants, randiest, rotundas, saintdom, sandiest, sandlots, sandpits, sandwort, satinpod, scandent, sedating, sedation, sensated, shetland, sinuated, snatched, stanched, standard, standbys, standees, standers, standing, standish, standoff, standout, standpat, stanzaed, steading, stinkard, strained, stranded, strander, sudation, tabanids, tacnodes, tamandus, tandoors, tankards, tanyards, tardyons, thousand, tornados, transude, trolands, unitards, unsalted, unseated, unstated, unstayed, unsteady, untasted, untreads, unwasted, upstands, wetlands.