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The act of standing.
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A defensive position or effort.
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The Commander says we will make our stand here.
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A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
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They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.
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A period of performance in a given location or venue.
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They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees. They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week.
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A device to hold something upright or aloft.
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He set the music upon the stand and began to play. an umbrella stand; a hat-stand
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The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
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She took the stand and quietly answered questions.
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A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
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This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.
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A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
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A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
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A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
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A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
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a taxi stand
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The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
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a good, bad, or convenient stand for business
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Grandstand. (often in the plural)
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A partnership.
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(plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
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Rank; post; station; standing.
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A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
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to be at a stand what to do
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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.
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A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
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A location or position where one may stand.