To stand is to be upright or vertical, with your feet on the floor, or to move into that position. Most people stand when they hear the national anthem at a baseball game.
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The meaning of STAND is to support oneself on the feet in an erect position. How to use stand in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stand.
If you stand aside or stand back, you move a short distance sideways or backward, so that you are standing in a different place. I stood aside to let her pass me.
stand a chance or show, to have a chance or possibility, esp. of winning or surviving: He's a good shortstop but doesn't stand a chance of making the major leagues because he can't hit.
From Middle English stand, stande, stond, stonde, stoonde, probably from Middle Dutch stande, from Old Dutch *standan (“to stand”), from Frankish *standan. Forms with -o- may show influence of stonden (“stand”, verb).
The place where a person stands or is supposed to stand; position; station. To take one's stand at the rear.
"We had to stand for the entire performance!"; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!"; "Where do you stand on the War?" "The law stands!" "Can you stand the bookshelf up?";
When you stand for something, you believe strongly in it, and you can also describe that belief as your stand: "My stand on the school dress code isn't too popular among other students."