verb
Meaning 1
To rise from a lying or sitting position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Stand up, then sit down again.
Meaning relationships
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verb
To rise from a lying or sitting position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
(stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To last or endure over a period of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
To launch, propel upwards
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, intransitive
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verb
defend against attack or criticism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stick up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defend, support, fend for
verb
refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
verb
be standing; be upright
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rest
Narrower terms: ramp, stand back, line up, queue up, queue
verb
put into an upright position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stand, place upright
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
verb
rise to one's feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: arise, rise, uprise, get up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change posture
Narrower terms: take the floor
verb
rise up as in fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bristle, uprise
Antonyms: none provided
verb
resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hold up, hold water
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
History
From Middle English standen up, from Old English standan up; equivalent to stand + up. Compare Old Norse standa upp.
Across languages
168 source translations are retained for this English entry.