1. stand - Noun
2. stand - Verb
To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
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.
To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
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.
To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
To measure when erect on the feet.
To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
To appear in court.
To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
Rank; post; station; standing.
A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
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 weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo forgive does not mean to forget; to forgive means, with compassion and pain in the soul, to say: when the Last Judgment comes, I will stand up and say: do not judge him, Lord. Anthony of Sourozh
Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience. John Climacus
Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God's mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved. John Chrysostom
An empty bag cannot stand upright. English Proverb
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. English Proverb
Never stand in front of a judge or behind a donkey. Hindi Proverb