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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stand \Stand\ (st[a^]nd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stood} (st[oo^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Standing}.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[=a]n, OHG. stantan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. st[*a], Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. 'ista`nai to cause to stand, sth^nai to stand, Skr. sth[=a]. [root]163. Cf. {Assist}, {Constant}, {Contrast}, {Desist}, {Destine}, {Ecstasy}, {Exist}, {Interstice}, {Obstacle}, {Obstinate}, {Prest}, n., {Rest} remainder, {Solstice}, {Stable}, a. & n., {Staff}, {Stage}, {Stall}, n., {Stamen}, {Stanchion}, {Stanza}, {State}, n., {Statute}, {Stead}, {Steed}, {Stool}, {Stud} of horses, {Substance}, {System}.] 1. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as: (a) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to {lie}, {sit}, {kneel}, etc. "I pray you all, stand up!" --Shak. (b) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation. [1913 Webster] It stands as it were to the ground yglued. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The ruined wall Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine. [1913 Webster] Wite ye not where there stands a little town? --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary. [1913 Webster] I charge thee, stand, And tell thy name. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. --Matt. ii. 9. [1913 Webster] 4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources. [1913 Webster] My mind on its own center stands unmoved. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe. [1913 Webster] Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] 6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. "The standing pattern of their imitation." --South. [1913 Webster] The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life. --Esther viii. 11. [1913 Webster] 7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice. [1913 Webster] We must labor so as to stand with godliness, according to his appointment. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] 8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts. [1913 Webster] 9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. "Sacrifices . . . which stood only in meats and drinks." --Heb. ix. 10. [1913 Webster] Accomplish what your signs foreshow; I stand resigned, and am prepared to go. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord. [1913 Webster] Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing But what may stand with honor. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] 11. (Naut.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor. [1913 Webster] From the same parts of heaven his navy stands. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate. [1913 Webster] He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university. --Walton. [1913 Webster] 13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless. [1913 Webster] Or the black water of Pomptina stands. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 14. To measure when erect on the feet. [1913 Webster] Six feet two, as I think, he stands. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 15. (Law) (a) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide. --Bouvier. (b) To appear in court. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] 16. (Card Playing) To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Stand by} (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to {Be ready}. {To stand against}, to oppose; to resist. {To stand by}. (a) To be near; to be a spectator; to be present. (b) To be aside; to be set aside with disregard. "In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected." --Dr. H. More. (c) To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert; as, to stand by one's principles or party. (d) To rest on for support; to be supported by. --Whitgift. (e) To remain as a spectator, and take no part in an action; as, we can't just stand idly by while people are being killed. {To stand corrected}, to be set right, as after an error in a statement of fact; to admit having been in error. --Wycherley. {To stand fast}, to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable. {To stand firmly on}, to be satisfied or convinced of. "Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his wife's frailty." --Shak. {To stand for}. (a) To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to defend. "I stand wholly for you." --Shak. (b) To be in the place of; to be the substitute or representative of; to represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure stands for nothing. "I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another." --Locke. (c) To tolerate; as, I won't stand for any delay. {To stand in}, to cost. "The same standeth them in much less cost." --Robynson (More's Utopia). The Punic wars could not have stood the human race in less than three millions of the species. --Burke. {To stand in hand}, to conduce to one's interest; to be serviceable or advantageous. {To stand off}. (a) To keep at a distance. (b) Not to comply. (c) To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquaintance. (d) To appear prominent; to have relief. "Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved." --Sir H. Wotton. {To stand off and on} (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it. {To stand on} (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or course. {To stand out}. (a) To project; to be prominent. "Their eyes stand out with fatness." --Psalm lxxiii. 7. (b) To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede. His spirit is come in, That so stood out against the holy church. --Shak. {To stand to}. (a) To ply; to urge; to persevere in using. "Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars." --Dryden. (b) To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. "I will stand to it, that this is his sense." --Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contract, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to one's word. (d) Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's ground. "Their lives and fortunes were put in safety, whether they stood to it or ran away." --Bacon. (e) To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands to reason that he could not have done so; same as {stand with}, below . (f) To support; to uphold. "Stand to me in this cause." --Shak. {To stand together}, to be consistent; to agree. {To stand to reason} to be reasonable; to be expected. {To stand to sea} (Naut.), to direct the course from land. {To stand under}, to undergo; to withstand. --Shak. {To stand up}. (a) To rise from sitting; to be on the feet. (b) To arise in order to speak or act. "Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed." --Acts xxv. 18. (c) To rise and stand on end, as the hair. (d) To put one's self in opposition; to contend. "Once we stood up about the corn." --Shak. {To stand up for}, to defend; to justify; to support, or attempt to support; as, to stand up for the administration. {To stand upon}. (a) To concern; to interest. (b) To value; to esteem. "We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth." --Ray. (c) To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony. (d) To attack; to assault. [A Hebraism] "So I stood upon him, and slew him." --2 Sam. i. 10. {To stand with}, to be consistent with. "It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally." --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Standing \Stand"ing\, a. 1. Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn. [1913 Webster] 2. Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water. [1913 Webster] 3. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color. [1913 Webster] 4. Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees. [1913 Webster] 5. Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed). [1913 Webster] {Standing army}. See {Standing army}, under {Army}. {Standing bolt}. See {Stud bolt}, under {Stud}, a stem. {Standing committee}, in legislative bodies, etc., a committee appointed for the consideration of all subjects of a particular class which shall arise during the session or a stated period. {Standing cup}, a tall goblet, with a foot and a cover. {Standing finish} (Arch.), that part of the interior fittings, esp. of a dwelling house, which is permanent and fixed in its place, as distinguished from doors, sashes, etc. {Standing order} (a) (Eccl.), the denomination (Congregational) established by law; -- a term formerly used in Connecticut. See also under {Order}. (a) (Com.) an order for goods which are to be delivered periodically, without the need for renewal of the order before each delivery. {Standing part}. (Naut.) (a) That part of a tackle which is made fast to a block, point, or other object. (b) That part of a rope around which turns are taken with the running part in making a knot or the like. {Standing rigging} (Naut.), the cordage or ropes which sustain the masts and remain fixed in their position, as the shrouds and stays, -- distinguished from {running rigging}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Standing \Stand"ing\, n. 1. The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand. [1913 Webster] 2. Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing. [1913 Webster] An ancient thing of long standing. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] 3. Place to stand in; station; stand. [1913 Webster] I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing. --Ps. lxix. 2. [1913 Webster] 4. Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing. [1913 Webster] {Standing off} (Naut.), sailing from the land. {Standing on} (Naut.), sailing toward land. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: standing adj 1: having a supporting base; "a standing lamp" 2: not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee" 3: (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water" [ant: {running(a)}] 4: executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation" [ant: {running(a)}] 5: (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only" [ant: {seated}, {sitting}] 6: permanent; "a standing army" n 1: social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing" 2: an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event 3: the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position