stand

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a defensive effort

   the army made a final stand at the Rhone

2. 2
   noun

   a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance

   a one-night stand

3. 3
   noun

   a platform where a band, often a brass band, can play in the open air

   The stand in the park was a draw in the summer months.

4. 4
   noun

   a small table for holding articles of various kinds

   a bedside stand

5. 5
   noun

   a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area

   they cut down a stand of trees

6. 6
   verb

   have or maintain a position or stand on an issue

   Where do you stand on the War?

7. 7
   verb

   put into an upright position

   Can you stand the bookshelf up?

8. 8
   verb

   be in some specified state or condition

   I stand corrected

Etymology

From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Cognates Cognate with Scots staund (“to stand”), Yola sthoan, sthoane, sthone, stoane (“to stand”), North Frisian staan, stoune, stuine, stun, stönje, stööne (“to stand”), Saterland Frisian stounde (“to stand”), Danish stande (“to stand”), Faroese and Icelandic standa (“to stand”)…