Definition von stand im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition
They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.
- A device to hold something upright or aloft
He set the music upon the stand and began to play.
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box
She took the stand and quietly answered questions.
- A partnership
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand
- To tolerate
I can’t stand her.
- A defensive position or effort
- To remain motionless
Do not leave your car standing in the road.
- To be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position
Here I stand, wondering what to do next.
- A single set, as of arms
The police and troops captured eleven thousand stand of arms, including muskets and pistols, together with several thousand bludgeons and other weapons.
- A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit
- Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.)
To repaire his defects, hee stood for the coast of Calabria, but hearing there was six or seven Galleyes at Mesina hee departed thence for Malta .
- To rise to one’s feet; to stand up
Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.
- grandstand
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait: taxi stand
- A period of performance in a given location or venue
They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game
Antonia's patience now was at a stand— / Come, come, 't is no time now for fooling there, / She whispered .
- To seek election
He is standing for election to the local council.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs
This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.
- To place in an upright or standing position
He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.
- To undergo; withstand; hold up
The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time.
- To act as an umpire
- {v} to be on the feet, stop, remain, offer as a candidate, persist, be consistent, abide, suffer, direct a course
- {n} a stop, halt, station, post, difficulty, prop, a musket and its apparatus
- A contraption on which you can place the kart in order to work on it Often, the stand is foldable and might have wheels which allow you to roll the kart to the starting grid
- remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"
- A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do
- If you take or make a stand, you do something or say something in order to make it clear what your attitude to a particular thing is. He felt the need to make a stand against racism in South Africa They must take a stand and cast their votes
- A stand is a small shop or stall, outdoors or in a large public building. She bought a hot dog from a stand on a street corner. see also newsstand = stall
- When you are standing, your body is upright, your legs are straight, and your weight is supported by your feet. She was standing beside my bed staring down at me They told me to stand still and not to turn round Overcrowding is so bad that prisoners have to sleep in shifts, while others have to stand. Stand up means the same as stand. We waited, standing up, for an hour
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
- If you cannot stand something, you cannot bear it or tolerate it. I can't stand any more. I'm going to run away How does he stand the pain?
- You can use stand instead of `be' when you are describing the present state or condition of something or someone. The alliance stands ready to do what is necessary The peace plan as it stands violates basic human rights
- A plant community that is relatively uniform in composition, structure and habitat conditions
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees"
- be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
- If you ask someone where or how they stand on a particular issue, you are asking them what their attitude or view is. The amendment will force senators to show where they stand on the issue of sexual harassment So far, the bishop hasn't said where he stands
- A group of trees growing in a specified area; can be pure meaning all the same species, same age, and same size or can be mixed meaning different species, different ages and sizes
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand"
- A distinct group of trees distinguishable from nearby stands
- A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand
- In silviculture and management, a tree community that possesses sufficient uniformity in composition, constitution, age, spatial arrangement, or condition to be distinguishable from adjacent communities This tree community forms a silvicultural or management entity; for example, a subcompartment Both natural and artificial crops are included, and there is no connotation of a particular age
- A measurable unit of standing timber usually characterized by a commonality of tree species and tree age
- A group of trees that occupies a specific area and is similar in species, age, and condition
- the position where a thing or person stands
- A stand at a sports ground is a large structure where people sit or stand to watch what is happening. In American English, stands is used with same meaning. The people in the stands at Candlestick Park are standing and cheering with all their might
- A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something
- a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
- To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat
- If you say it stands to reason that something is true or likely to happen, you mean that it is obvious. It stands to reason that if you are considerate and friendly to people you will get a lot more back
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground"
- an interruption of normal activity
- 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 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
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"
- The player doesn't want any more cards and so 'stands' with the cards he has
- To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice
- 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
- If a decision, law, or offer stands, it still exists and has not been changed or cancelled. Although exceptions could be made, the rule still stands
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"
- To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat
- If you leave food or a mixture of something to stand, you leave it without disturbing it for some time. The salad improves if made in advance and left to stand
- be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"
- To rise to ones feet; to stand up
- A stop along the National Road, for either coaches, wagons, or drovers These could provide drink, food, lodging, and a change of horse teams, depending on the stand
- A group of trees that are sufficiently the same in species composition and arrangement of age classes and condition so that they can be managed as a unit
- a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"
- A group of trees similar in age, composition, and structure A pure stand is composed of mostly a single tree species A mixed stand is composed of a mixture of tree species
- stand a chance
- To have a chance
- stand and deliver
- A phrase traditionally used by a highwayman commanding victims to hand over their valuables
Said stand and deliver, or the devil he may take ye.
- stand aside
- To step sideways to make a space for someone else
Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.
- stand aside
- To temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain
The minister will stand aside during the investigation.
- stand aside
- To leave a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead
It's time he stood aside and let a more qualified person do the job.
- stand back
- To maintain a safe distance from a hazard
You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.
- stand back
- To abstain from participation
While others debated the proposals, he stood back.
- stand back
- to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler
- stand by
- To remain loyal or faithful to
Even though money is scarce sometimes, Ann stands by her decision to be a full-time mother.
- stand by
- To wait in expectation of some event; to make ready
Please stand by for more instructions.
- stand by
- To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation
I can't simply stand by and watch you ruin your life.
- stand corrected
- Said to acknowledge someone who corrects something that one says or writes that was not correct
Oh, sorry. I stand corrected - it was fought in 1066.
- stand down
- To withdraw or retire from a position or from a team. transitive and/or intransitive
- stand down
- To wait; to stop pursuing or fighting
They ordered the troops to stand down for the moment.
- stand easy
- a command to soldiers standing at ease that they may relax further
- stand for
- To mean; to symbolize; to represent
The abbreviation CIA stands for Central Intelligence Agency.
- stand for
- To tolerate
We won't stand for that type of behaviour.
- stand for
- To advocate, to support
- stand from under
- to escape something falling or being thrown from above
I see I was in a fix now. But it warn't no use to worry; there warn't nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready to stand from under when the lightning struck. — Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884.
- stand in
- A substitute; a replacement
Her stand in muffed a lot of lines.
- stand in
- To substitute for; to replace; to serve as an understudy
- stand in for
- To replace; to act as a double or substitute for
I asked my colleague to stand in for me so I could take the day off.
- stand in someone's shoes
- to see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels
- stand off
- To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture
We took hold of anything that might serve as a weapon to stand off the menacing group of young men.
- stand off
- To stand some distance apart form something or someone
He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched.
- stand on ceremony
- To act in a formal, ceremonious or overly polite manner
Please make yourself at home - there's no need to stand on ceremony.
- stand on end
- To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear
- stand on its own
- To be independent of others
- stand on one's own two feet
- To be independent. To survive without any help
It's about time he left home and learnt how to stand on his own two feet.
- stand one's ground
- To attempt to hold a position in battle
- stand one's ground
- To maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition
They expect their opponents to stand their ground on the issue.
- stand out
- To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one's surroundings
The path led straight across the clearing into another forest, lying upon the verge of which I saw a bit of white. It appeared to stand out in marked contrast and incongruity to all its surroundings, and when I stopped to examine it, I found that it was a small strip of muslin--part of the hem of a garment.
- stand pat
- To play one's hand without drawing any more cards
- stand pat
- To resist changes
- stand pat
- To stop hitting
After getting a hand of 20, the player stood pat.
- stand stock still
- To stand completely motionless
Paul stood stock still; then came a strong impulse to turn and run back..
- stand tall
- To behave in a brave, proud, or unyielding manner, without retreating from confrontation, danger, or adversity
The economic expansion that enabled the country to stand tall at the start of the century has slowed.
- stand the test of time
- To remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time
Pop music comes and goes, but classical music has stood the test of time.
- stand to reason
- To make sense; to seem logical, reasonable, or rational
If nobody asked the question yet, then it stands to reason that nobody has tried answering.
- stand up
- To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person); to jilt or shirk
A gentleman never stands a lady up.
- stand up
- To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman
- stand up
- To bring something up and set it into a standing position
Laura stood the sofa up on end.
- stand up
- To rise from a lying or sitting position
Stand up, then sit down again.
- stand up against
- To defy or challenge someone
In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
- stand up for
- To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like)
Michelle: Quit standing up for yourself, Fry. When we get back to the hole we are going to have a long, boring talk about our relationship!.
- stand up to
- To object to or interfere with the actions of (someone seen as bullying, pushy, or controlling)
If anyone stood up to him, I bet he'd back down.
- stand up to
- To withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of
The paint looks good, but I don't know if it will stand up to years of weather.
- stand-alone
- Operating, functioning, or existing without additions or assistance; independent; able to be separate or separated
They offer an inexpensive add-on for a computer, or a stand-alone system with all the functions built in.
- stand-in
- A stand-in is an acting term that refers to a person of similar size and shape to an actor that "stands-in" for the actor during the lengthy process that is involved in setting up a shot. This term is not to be confused with a double. The stand-in does not appear in the film
They used a stand-in to set up the lighting so that the actor did not have to be there during the lengthy process.
- stand-up
- Performed while standing although normally done while sitting
every morning we have a stand-up meeting.
- stand-up
- Upright; while standing
stand-up comedy.
- stand-up
- A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage
Sometimes the club has music, sometimes stand-up.
- stand-up
- A meeting performed while standing up
How come you weren't at the stand-up this morning?.
- stand-up
- That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without having to slide
stand-up triple.
- stand-up
- Honest; honorable
He's a stand-up guy, and a hard worker.
- stand-up comedy
- comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
- stand-up guy
- An honest and straightforward man of good character
- stand against
- oppose, rise against
- stand clear
- distance oneself, keep a distance
- stand in one's own light
- (deyim) Act against one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered, quarrel with one's bread and butter, kill the goose which lays golden eggs, throw a stone in one's own garden
- stand in relief
- (deyim) Appear or show very clearly and obviously
- stand pat
- to play one's hand as dealt in draw poker without drawing
- stand pat
- to oppose or resist change
- standing
- Present participle of stand.; in the process of coming to an upright position
- standing
- The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list: "After their last win, their standing went up three places"
- standing
- Duration
- stander
- {n} one who stands, a tree left standing
- stand around
- Stand somewhere and not do anything:
We stood around saying goodbye for a while.
- stand by me
- (deyim) Be my friend! Be loyal to me! Be there for me!
- stand for
- 1. To represent; symbolize.2. To advocate or support: stands for freedom of the press.3. To put up with; tolerate: "We will not stand for impertinent behavior."
- stand tall
- Exhibit courage, strength, or calm especially in the face of adversity
- Standing
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- Stands
- stont
- Stands
- stant
- stand alone
- A Valcom paging system that is not integrated with the telephone system usually accessed by a dedicated telephone set
- stand alone
- What happens to a programmer when he starts talking about computers at a party
- stand alone
- A site on which an individual commercial enterprise is located which is not shared with other companies (unlike electronic malls)
- stand alone
- be one of a kind; be without help
- stand back
- If you stand back and think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it. Stand back and look objectively at the problem. = step back
- stand back
- stay clear of, avoid; "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous
- stand back
- stay clear of, avoid; "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous"
- stand back
- stand away from an object or person; "He stood back to look at her"
- stand by
- If you are standing by, you are ready and waiting to provide help or to take action. British and American warships are standing by to evacuate their citizens if necessary We will be holding the auditions from nine o'clock tomorrow night so stand by for details. see also standby
- stand by
- state of readiness; be on the alert; support; stand alongside; in case of emergency
- stand by
- not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators
- stand by
- Ads may be requested on a space-available basis for daily/Sunday insertions in the paper and there is no guarantee that an ad will run
- stand by
- If you stand by an earlier decision, promise, or statement, you continue to support it or keep it. The decision has been made and I have got to stand by it = stick by
- stand by
- Means the controller or pilot must pause for a few seconds, usually to attend to other duties of a higher priority Also means to wait as in "stand by for clearance " The caller should reestablish contact if a delay is lengthy "Stand by" is not an approval or denial
- stand by
- be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- stand by
- A preparatory order meaning "get ready "
- stand by
- be available or ready for a certain function or service
- stand by
- disapproval If you stand by and let something bad happen, you do not do anything to stop it. The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined
- stand by
- not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"
- stand by
- approval If you stand by someone, you continue to give them support, especially when they are in trouble. I wouldn't break the law for a friend, but I would stand by her if she did. = stick by
- stand by
- be available or ready for a certain function or service be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- stand down
- remove oneself as a candidate; descend from the witness stand
- stand down
- If someone stands down, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. Four days later, the despised leader finally stood down, just 17 days after taking office Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January. = step down, resign
- stand for
- denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
- stand for
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"
- stand for
- If you say that a letter stands for a particular word, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word. What does EU stand for?
- stand for
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
- stand for
- tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!
- stand for
- tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"
- stand for
- If you will not stand for something, you will not allow it to happen or continue. It's outrageous, and we won't stand for it any more
- stand for
- {f} be a symbol of; support-; represent; tolerate; allow (in a negative way; e.g.: "Young lady, you better start behaving and watching what you say, I will not stand for your language and behavior any longer")
- stand for
- The ideas or attitudes that someone or something stands for are the ones that they support or represent. The party is trying to give the impression that it alone stands for democracy = represent
- stand in
- If you stand in for someone, you take their place or do their job, because they are ill or away. I had to stand in for her on Tuesday when she didn't show up. the acting president, who's standing in while she's out of the country. see also stand-in
- stand in
- one who comes to change the place of a permanent worker that has left temporarily
- stand in
- be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
- stand out
- be stubborn in resolution or resistance steer away from shore, of ships
- stand out
- If something stands out, it is much better or much more important than other things of the same kind. He played the violin, and he stood out from all the other musicians
- stand out
- be stubborn in resolution or resistance
- stand out
- distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
- stand out
- If something stands out, it is very noticeable. Every tree, wall and fence stood out against dazzling white fields
- stand out
- If something stands out from a surface, it rises up from it. His tendons stood out like rope beneath his skin = stick out
- stand out
- steer away from shore, of ships
- stand out
- be highly noticeable
- stand out
- be conspicuous, be noticeable; project, protrude; persist in one's opposition to something; maintain an offshore course (Nautical)
- stand over
- be postponed, be delayed; supervise behavior
- stand still
- remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by
- stand still
- be in an upright position without moving
- stand to
- prepare yourselves for action!, get ready! (military command)
- stand trial
- go through a court sentence
- stand up
- put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
- stand up
- If something such as a claim or a piece of evidence stands up, it is accepted as true or satisfactory after being carefully examined. He made wild accusations that did not stand up How well does this thesis stand up to close examination?
- stand up
- to ride a minibike while standing, in order to keep balance and control
- stand up
- defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student" refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc
- stand up
- rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
- stand up
- "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water
- stand up
- refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc
- stand up
- defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
- stand up
- A simple promo statement made directly to a camera, usually with an interviewer present
- stand up
- A commentary or report by a TV correspondent seen on camera, usually at the scene of the action Used to open, close, or bridge the elements of a report
- stand up
- be in an upright position; get up from a seated position; fail to arrive for an appointment (figurative)
- stand up
- rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
- stand up
- be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
- stand up
- refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack
- stand up
- see stand 1, 2
- stand up
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc ; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"
- stand up
- If a boyfriend or girlfriend stands you up, they fail to keep an arrangement to meet you. We were to have had dinner together yesterday evening, but he stood me up
- stand up for
- {f} defend the interests of; support; serve as best man to a bridegroom, serve as maid of honor to a bride
- stand up to
- If you stand up to someone, especially someone more powerful than you are, you defend yourself against their attacks or demands. He hit me, so I hit him back -- the first time in my life I'd stood up to him
- stand up to
- If something stands up to bad conditions, it is not damaged or harmed by them. Is this building going to stand up to the strongest gales?
- stander
- Same as Standel
- stander
- an organism (person or animal) that stands; "a crowd of sitters and standers
- stander
- an organism (person or animal) that stands; "a crowd of sitters and standers"
- stander
- One who stands
- standing
- A person's right to bring a lawsuit because he or she is directly affected by the issue raised
- standing
- Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn
- standing
- (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
