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stand sentinel

stand sentinel verb: to keep watch. (of soldiers).

Verb

stand sentinel (third-person singular simple present stands sentinel, present participle standing sentinel, simple past and past participle stood sentinel)

  1. To keep watch. (of soldiers)
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To be in line like soldiers.

Forms of stand sentinel

third-person singular presentstands sentinel
present participlestanding sentinel
past participlestood sentinel
paststood sentinel

Questions about stand sentinel

What does stand sentinel mean?
Stand sentinel means to keep watch. (of soldiers).
What part of speech is stand sentinel?
Stand sentinel is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand sentinel?
The past tense of stand sentinel is stood sentinel.

Words near stand sentinel in the dictionary

  1. stand pad
  2. stand pat
  3. stand pie
  4. stand pies
  5. stand Sam
  6. stand sentinel
  7. stand sentry
  8. stand shilly-shally
  9. stand someone in hand
  10. stand still
  11. stand stills

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