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stand sentry

stand sentry verb: to keep watch.

Verb

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

  1. To keep watch.

Synonyms of stand sentry

Forms of stand sentry

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

Questions about stand sentry

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

Words near stand sentry in the dictionary

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

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