Definition of stand

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Stand (n.) To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.

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Incomprehension :: Incomprehension (n.) Want of comprehension or understanding.
Notwithstanding :: Notwithstanding (adv. / conj.) Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains..
Statutably :: Statutable (a.) Made or being in conformity to statute; standard; as, statutable measures..
Gage :: Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n..
Howbeit :: Howbeit (conj.) Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
Stability :: Stability (a.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution..
Sterling :: Sterling (n.) Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason..
Backare :: Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess..
Bookstand :: Bookstand (n.) A stand to hold books for reading or reference.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..
Standard :: Standard (n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test..
Pose :: Pose (a.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast..
Hundredweight :: Hundredweight (n.) A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton..
Foot :: Foot (n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes..
Prominency :: Prominency (n.) The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
Skill :: Skill (v. t.) To know; to understand.
Factitious :: Factitious (a.) Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste..
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