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.-to continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.-to occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, paris stands on the seine.-to cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.-to remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.-to maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.-to maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.-to adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.-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 in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.-to be consistent; to agree; to accord.-to hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.-to offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.-to stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.-to measure when erect on the feet.-to be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.-to appear in court.-to endure; to sustain; to bear; as, i can not stand the cold or the heat.-to resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.-to abide by; to submit to; to suffer.-to set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.-to be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.-the act of standing.-a halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.-a place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.-a station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.-a raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.-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.-a place where a witness stands to testify in court.-the situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.-rank; post; station; standing.-a state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.-a young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.-a weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.