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to rise to an upright position, as from a sitting, lying, or crouching position. 3. a. to take, move into, or be in a (specified) upright position. stand straight! b. to take, maintain, or be in a (specified) position, attitude, or course, as of support, antagonism, responsibility, sponsorship, etc.
Stand still • Even the tide goes somewhere in the end. Stand still. • The whole idea is to look slinky. Stand still a minute while I - that's better. • I told you yesterday, one plait and at the back, and tight. Stand still, girl! stand back/aside • The bartender left a glass of cloudy, yellowish water in front of him and stood back.
Stand up can be used with either of these meanings, but its use is more limited: it is used especially when somebody tells somebody or a group of people to stand. Get up is the most frequent way of saying ‘get into a standing position’, and this can be from a sitting, kneeling or lying position; if you stand up , this is nearly always after ...
STAND meaning: 1. to be in a vertical state or to put into a vertical state, especially (of a person or animal) by…. Learn more.
9. [count] : a group of plants growing close together. a stand of pines. — see also handstand, headstand, taxi stand. STAND meaning: 1 : to be in an upright position with all of your weight on your feet; 2 : to move onto your feet from a sitting or low position often + up.
STAND-ALONE definition: 1. used to refer to a computer that can operate on its own, without being connected to a network…. Learn more.
STAND FOR SOMETHING definition: 1. If you will not stand for something, you will not accept a situation or a particular type of…. Learn more.
