Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
An hour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, obsolete
Topics: chronology, hobbies, horology, lifestyle
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noun
A tide, season.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A time, length of time, hour, while.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
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Synonyms: span, duration, interval, period, period of time, tide, time, time interval, time period, timespan, space, stound
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noun
A brief span of time, moment, instant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
Synonyms: jiffy, second, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, instant, jiff, jot, minute, mo, moment, New York minute, New York second, no time, sec, span, split-second, spurt, stound, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, while
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noun
A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
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noun
A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging
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noun
A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
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noun
Astonishment; amazement.
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noun
A stand; a stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A receptacle for holding small beer.
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verb
To hurt, pain, smart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To long or pine after, desire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To stand still; stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To stop to listen; pause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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History
From Middle English stond, stounde, stound (“hour, time, season, moment”), from Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh2- (“to stand”). Cognate with Scots stound (“while, period of time, moment, sudden pain, pang, stroke, blow”), dated Dutch stond (“hour, time, moment”), Low German Stund (“hour”), German Stunde (“hour”), Danish stund (“time, while”), and Swedish stund (“time, while”). Compare Middle English stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while”), Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue”). Related to stand.
From Middle English stounden, stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while”), from Old English *stundian, from Proto-West Germanic *stundōn, from Proto-Germanic *stundōną. Cognate with German stunden (“to defer payment, give time to pay”), Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue”). More at stand.
From Middle English stound, stonde, stoonde, ston, from Old English stond (“a stand”). Compare stand.
Across languages
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