How to pronounce “stand”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• To position or be positioned physically:
• To position or be positioned mentally:
• To position or be positioned socially:
• (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
• (intransitive, copulative) To remain without ruin or injury.
• (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
• [Noun]
• The act of standing.
• A defensive position or effort.
• A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
• A period of performance in a given location or venue.
• A device to hold something upright or aloft.
• The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
• (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
• A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
• (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.
• A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
• A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
• A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
• (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
• (US, historical) Ellipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).
• (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
• (cricket) A partnership.
• (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
• (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
• (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
• A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
• A location or position where one may stand.
• (advertising) An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.

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