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Exact Match:

stand

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

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

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

a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"

an interruption of normal activity

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

the position where a thing or person stands

have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"

be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"

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

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

be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

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

be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"

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

remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"

occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground"

Synonyms:

• Anschauung,
• abide,
• abide by,
• abide with,
• accept,
• adhere to,
• advocate,
• affirm,
• affirmance,
• affirmation,
• afford,
• allegation,
• allow,
• allude to,
• ambo,
• anchor,
• angle,
• angle of vision,
• announcement,
• annunciation,
• answer,
• apply,
• arise,
• arrest,
• assertion,
• asseveration,
• attitude,
• avail,
• averment,
• avouchment,
• avowal,
• back,
• baluster,
• balustrade,
• bandstand,
• banister,
• bar,
• barrow,
• base,
• basis,
• be,
• be contingent on,
• be equal to,
• be erect,
• be extant,
• be found,
• be in existence,
• be located,
• be met with,
• be present,
• be proof against,
• be situated,
• be still,
• be the case,
• be there,
• bear,
• bear up,
• bear up against,
• bear up under,
• bear with,
• beard,
• beetle,
• belief,
• bell,
• bench,
• betoken,
• bide,
• billet at,
• bivouac,
• blind alley,
• blow,
• blow to,
• board,
• booking,
• booth,
• borscht circuit,
• box,
• bracket,
• brake,
• brave,
• breathe,
• brook,
• buffet,
• bulge,
• bum around,
• burrow,
• camp,
• campaign for,
• carry on,
• cart,
• caryatid,
• cessation,
• challenge,
• champion,
• check,
• checkmate,
• circuit,
• clump,
• coast,
• colonize,
• colonnade,
• color,
• column,
• combative reaction,
• come to anchor,
• complain,
• complain loudly,
• complaint,
• conclusion,
• confirm,
• confront,
• contend with,
• contest a seat,
• continue,
• continue to be,
• cope with,
• coppice,
• copse,
• corner,
• countenance,
• counter,
• counteraction,
• creed,
• crop,
• cul-de-sac,
• cutoff,
• dado,
• dais,
• date,
• dead end,
• dead set,
• dead stand,
• dead stop,
• dead-end street,
• deadlock,
• declaration,
• defeat time,
• defence,
• defend,
• defiance,
• defy,
• defy time,
• demur,
• depend,
• desk,
• dictum,
• die,
• dispute,
• dissent,
• dissentience,
• distance,
• do,
• do it,
• do nothing,
• domesticate,
• double for,
• drop anchor,
• dwell,
• dwell in,
• dying down,
• ebb,
• ebbing,
• effort,
• encounter,
• end,
• endgame,
• ending,
• endure,
• engagement,
• ensconce,
• enter the lists,
• enunciation,
• epitomize,
• escritoire,
• establish residence,
• exemplify,
• exist,
• experience,
• extend,
• extremity,
• eye,
• face,
• face down,
• face out,
• face up to,
• favor,
• feeling,
• fill the bill,
• final whistle,
• foothold,
• footing,
• footplate,
• footrail,
• footrest,
• footstalk,
• fractiousness,
• frame,
• frame of reference,
• framework,
• freeze,
• front,
• fulfill,
• full stop,
• get by,
• get up,
• go around,
• go on,
• go treat,
• goof off,
• grinding halt,
• ground,
• grove,
• growth,
• gun,
• hack it,
• halt,
• handle,
• hang,
• hang around,
• hang in,
• hang in there,
• hang tough,
• happen to be,
• hassock,
• have being,
• have place,
• hive,
• hold,
• hold on,
• hold out,
• hold up,
• hole,
• idle,
• illustrate,
• impasse,
• indwell,
• inhabit,
• inhere,
• ipse dixit,
• jack,
• jilt,
• just do,
• jut out,
• keep,
• keep house,
• keep on,
• keep quiet,
• kick against,
• kiosk,
• last,
• last long,
• last out,
• laze,
• lazy,
• lectern,
• lie,
• lie around,
• lie in,
• lie still,
• light,
• line,
• live,
• live at,
• live on,
• live through,
• loaf,
• locate,
• lock,
• lockout,
• locus standi,
• loiter about,
• loll around,
• lollop around,
• lounge,
• lounge around,
• lump,
• lump it,
• maintain,
• make a stand,
• make the grade,
• manifesto,
• mark time,
• mean,
• meet,
• meet head-on,
• meet requirements,
• mental outlook,
• mooch around,
• moon,
• moon around,
• moor,
• move,
• negativism,
• nest,
• newel-post,
• news kiosk,
• newsstand,
• noncooperation,
• not breathe,
• not stir,
• object,
• objection,
• obstinacy,
• obtain,
• obtrude,
• occur,
• offer resistance,
• opinion,
• oppose,
• opposition,
• outlast,
• outlook,
• overhang,
• park,
• pass,
• pass muster,
• passive resistance,
• pay the bill,
• pedestal,
• pedicel,
• peduncle,
• people,
• perch,
• perdure,
• perennate,
• performance,
• persevere,
• persist,
• persist in,
• perspective,
• philosophy,
• pier,
• pilaster,
• pile,
• piling,
• pillar,
• pinch-hit for,
• place,
• plantation,
• planting,
• platform,
• playing engagement,
• plinth,
• point of view,
• pole,
• policy,
• populate,
• position,
• position paper,
• positive declaration,
• post,
• posture,
• predicate,
• predication,
• prevail,
• proclamation,
• profession,
• project,
• promote,
• pronouncement,
• proposition,
• protest,
• protestation,
• protrude,
• purchase,
• put,
• put up with,
• qualify,
• queen-post,
• question,
• quit,
• rack,
• reach,
• reaction,
• reaffirm,
• rebuff,
• recalcitrance,
• recalcitrancy,
• recalcitrate,
• recalcitration,
• refer to,
• reference system,
• refractoriness,
• regard,
• relieve,
• relocate,
• reluct,
• reluctance,
• remain,
• remain motionless,
• remonstrance,
• remonstrate,
• renitence,
• renitency,
• repel,
• repellence,
• repellency,
• replace,
• repose,
• represent,
• repulse,
• repulsion,
• reside,
• resign,
• resist,
• resistance,
• respect,
• rest,
• revolt,
• rise,
• roost,
• run,
• run for,
• run for office,
• run on,
• satisfy,
• say,
• say-so,
• saying,
• seat,
• second,
• secretaire,
• secretary,
• sentiment,
• serve,
• serve the purpose,
• set,
• set up,
• set up housekeeping,
• set up shop,
• settle,
• settle down,
• shaft,
• shout,
• show,
• show fight,
• side,
• side with,
• sight,
• signify,
• sit around,
• sit down,
• sit-down strike,
• situation,
• slant,
• slouch,
• slouch around,
• socle,
• spare,
• spare the price,
• spinney,
• sponsor,
• squat,
• staff,
• stage,
• staging,
• stalemate,
• stalk,
• stall,
• stance,
• stanchion,
• stand,
• stand around,
• stand at attention,
• stand at bay,
• stand at ease,
• stand behind,
• stand by,
• stand down,
• stand drinks,
• stand erect,
• stand fast,
• stand firm,
• stand for,
• stand for office,
• stand in,
• stand out,
• stand still,
• stand to,
• stand treat,
• stand up,
• stand up against,
• stand up for,
• stand up straight,
• stand up to,
• stand upright,
• standard,
• standing,
• standing place,
• standoff,
• standpoint,
• standstill,
• statement,
• station,
• status,
• stay,
• stay at,
• stay on,
• stay put,
• stem,
• step aside,
• stick,
• stick fast,
• stick out,
• stick to,
• stick up for,
• stillstand,
• stomach,
• stop,
• stopover,
• stoppage,
• stretch,
• strike,
• strike root,
• strive against,
• subbase,
• subscribe to,
• subsidence,
• subsidize,
• subsist,
• substitute for,
• suffer,
• suffice,
• support,
• surbase,
• survive,
• sustain,
• swallow,
• symbolize,
• sympathize with,
• system,
• table,
• take,
• take it,
• take residence at,
• take root,
• take up residence,
• take up with,
• tarry,
• thicket,
• tide over,
• toehold,
• tolerate,
• tour,
• tread water,
• treat,
• treat to,
• trunk,
• tuft,
• tussock,
• typify,
• uncooperativeness,
• undergo,
• understudy for,
• universe,
• uphold,
• upright,
• utterance,
• vaudeville circuit,
• venue,
• view,
• viewpoint,
• vouch,
• walkout,
• wane,
• waning,
• wear,
• wear well,
• weather,
• well afford,
• withdraw,
• withstand,
• withstanding,
• wood,
• word,
• work,
• work stoppage,
• workbench,
• writing table