<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object)<ul><li>(of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.</li><li>to rise to one's feet (often followed by up).</li><li>to have a specified height when in this position: a basketball player who stands six feet seven inches.</li><li>to stop or remain motionless or steady on the feet.</li><li>to take a position or place as indicated: to stand aside.</li><li>to remain firm or steadfast, as in a cause.</li><li>to take up or maintain a position or attitude with respect to a person, issue, or the like: to stand as sponsor for a person.</li><li>to have or adopt a certain policy, course, or attitude, as of adherence, support, opposition, or resistance: He stands for free trade.</li><li>(of things) to be in an upright or vertical position, be set on end, or rest on or as on a support.</li><li>to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated: The building stands at 34th Street and 5th Avenue.</li><li>(of an account, score, etc.) to show, be, or remain as indicated; show the specified position of the parties concerned: The score stood 18 to 14 at the half.</li><li>to remain erect or whole; resist change, decay, or destruction (often followed by up): The ruins still stand.</li><li>to continue in force or remain valid: The agreement stands as signed.</li><li>to remain still, stationary, or unused: The bicycle stood in the basement all winter.</li><li>to be or become stagnant, as water.</li><li>(of persons or things) to be or remain in a specified state, condition, relation, relative position, etc.: He stood in jeopardy of losing his license.</li><li>to have the possibility or likelihood: He stands to gain a sizable profit through the sale of the house.</li><li>Chiefly British: to become or be a candidate, as for public office (usually followed by for).</li><li>Nautical: to take or hold a particular course at sea.</li><li>to move in a certain direction: to stand offshore.</li><li>(of a male domestic animal, especially a stud) to be available as a sire, usually for a fee: Three Derby winners are now standing in Kentucky.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural stands or, especially after a numeral, stand<ul><li>the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.</li><li>a cessation of motion; halt or stop.</li><li>a determined effort for or against something, especially a final defensive effort: Custer's last stand.</li><li>a determined policy, position, attitude, etc., taken or maintained: We must take a stand on political issues.</li><li>the place in which a person or thing stands; station.</li><li>witness stand.</li><li>a raised platform, as for a speaker, a band, or the like.</li><li>stands, a raised section of seats for spectators; grandstand.</li><li>a framework on or in which articles are placed for support, exhibition, etc.: a hat stand.</li><li>a piece of furniture of various forms, on or in which to put articles (often used in combination): a nightstand; a washstand.</li><li>a small, light table.</li><li>a stall, booth, counter, or the like, where articles are displayed for sale or where some business is carried on: a fruit stand.</li><li>newsstand: The papers usually hit the stands at 5 a.m.</li><li>a site or location for business: After 20 years the ice-cream vendor was still at the same stand.</li><li>a place or station occupied by vehicles available for hire: a taxicab stand.</li><li>the vehicles occupying such a place.</li><li>the growing trees, or those of a particular species or grade, in a given area.</li><li>a standing growth, as of grass, wheat, etc.</li><li>a halt of a theatrical company on tour, to give a performance or performances: a series of one-night stands on the strawhat trail.</li><li>the town at which a touring theatrical company gives a performance.</li><li>hive (def 2).</li><li>Metalworking: a rolling unit in a rolling mill.</li><li>Chiefly British: a complete set of arms or accoutrements for one soldier.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to project; protrude: The piers stand out from the harbor wall.</li><li>to be conspicuous or prominent: She stands out in a crowd.</li><li>to persist in opposition or resistance; be inflexible.</li><li>Nautical: to maintain a course away from shore.</li><li>to come to or remain in a standing position: to stand up when being introduced.</li><li>to remain strong, convincing, or durable: The case will never stand up in court. Wool stands up better than silk.</li><li>Slang: to fail to keep an appointment with (someone, especially a sweetheart or date): I waited for Kim for an hour before I realized I'd been stood up.</li><li>to represent; symbolize: P.S. stands for “postscript.”</li><li>to advocate; favor: He stands for both freedom and justice.</li><li>Informal: to tolerate; allow: I won't stand for any nonsense!</li><li>to depend on; rest on: The case stands on his testimony.</li><li>to be particular about; demand: to stand on ceremony.</li><li>Nautical: to maintain a course and speed.</li><li>to be in association or conspiracy with.</li><li>to enjoy the favor of; be on friendly terms with.</li><li>to defend the cause of; support: No one could understand why he stood up for an incorrigible criminal.</li><li>to serve a bridegroom or bride, as best man or maid (matron) of honor.</li><li>to supervise very closely; watch constantly: He won't work unless someone stands over him.</li><li>to put aside temporarily; postpone: to let a project stand over until the following year.</li><li>to meet or deal with fearlessly; confront: to stand up to a bully.</li><li>Law: to leave the witness stand.</li><li>to step aside; withdraw, as from a competition: I agreed to stand down so that she could run for the nomination unopposed.</li><li>to leave or take out of active work or service: to stand down some of the ships in the fleet.</li><li>to uphold; support: She stood by him whenever he was in trouble.</li><li>to adhere to (an agreement, promise, etc.); affirm: She stood by her decision despite her sister's arguments.</li><li>to stand ready; wait: Please stand by while I fix this antenna.</li><li>to get ready to speak, act, etc., as at the beginning of a radio or television program.</li><li>to be ready to board a plane, train, or other transport if accommodations become available at the last minute.</li><li>to keep or stay at a distance.</li><li>to put off; evade.</li><li>to continue to hold; persist in: to stand to one's statement.</li><li>to keep at steadily: Stand to your rowing, men!</li><li>to wait in readiness; stand by: Stand to for action.</li></ul>