stand

From Wiktionary
stand is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
stairs - stand - standard

Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
stand

Third-person singular
stands

Past tense
stood

Past participle
stood

Present participle
standing

  1. (intransitive) When you stand, your body is at rest and supported only by your feet.
    I stand in the bus when there are no seats.
    He stood in line at the store for a long time.

Noun[change]

Singular
stand

Plural
stands

  1. (countable) A stand is a position or opinion that you plan to defend and not move from.
  2. (countable) You put something on a stand to keep it off the ground or floor.
    The clock was on the night stand next to the bed.