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(verb) have or maintain a position or stand on an issue: "Where do you stand on the War?" |
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Related Words: align, array, judge |
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(noun) a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone" |
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Related Words: defence, defense, defensive measure, repelling, repulsion, standoff |
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(noun) a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand" |
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Related Words: layover, stop, stopover |
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(verb) be available for stud services, of male domestic animals such as stallions |
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Related Words: serve, service |
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(verb) be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!" |
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Synonyms: stand up |
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Related Words: line up, queue, queue up, ramp, rest, stand back |
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Antonyms: lie, sit |
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(verb) put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" |
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Synonyms: place upright, stand up |
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Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(verb) be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected" |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright |
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Synonyms: remain firm |
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Related Words: hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand |
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Antonyms: yield |
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(verb) be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall" |
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Related Words: measure |
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(verb) be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!" |
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Related Words: continue |
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(verb) remain inactive, as of a car in a garage, or not flowing, as of water |
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Related Words: remain, rest, stay |
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(verb) occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground" |
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Related Words: be |
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(noun) a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) |
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Synonyms: stands |
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Related Words: bleachers, covered stand, grandstand, reviewing stand, tiered seats |
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(noun) a small table for holding articles of various kinds: "a bedside stand" |
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Related Words: lectern, reading desk, table |
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(noun) an interruption of normal activity |
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Synonyms: standstill, tie-up |
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Related Words: halt, stop |
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(noun) a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees" |
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Related Words: flora, vegetation |
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(noun) the position where a thing or person stands |
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Related Words: cabstand, place, position, taxistand |
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(verb) adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion" |
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Synonyms: subscribe, support |
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Related Words: agree, concur |
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(verb) withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time" |
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Synonyms: resist |
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Related Words: defend, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose |
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(noun) a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" |
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Synonyms: rack |
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Related Words: bier, cruet-stand, dress rack, magazine rack, music rack, music stand, spice rack, support, tripod |
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(noun) a place where articles are displayed for sale |
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Synonyms: sales booth, stall |
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Related Words: coffee stall, newsstand, shop, store |
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(noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air |
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Synonyms: bandstand, outdoor stage |
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Related Words: platform |
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(noun) a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" |
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Synonyms: base, pedestal |
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Related Words: brass monkey, staddle, support, trivet |
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(noun) a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" |
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Synonyms: point of view, standpoint, viewpoint |
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Related Words: angle, perspective, position, slant, view |
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(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" |
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Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, endure, put up, stomach, suffer, tolerate |
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Related Words: accept, allow, bear up, countenance, hold still for, let, pay, permit, sit out, stand for, submit, swallow, take, take a joke, take lying down, undergo |
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