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stend

stend verb: to rear or leap.

Verb

stend

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To rear or leap.
  2. (UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To walk with long strides.

Noun

stend (plural stends)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A leap.

Forms of stend

pluralstends

Origin of stend

Corruption of extend.

Questions about stend

What does stend mean?
Stend means to rear or leap.
What part of speech is stend?
Stend can be a verb or a noun.

Words near stend in the dictionary

  1. stencilmakers
  2. stencilmaking
  3. stencils
  4. stencilwork
  5. stencilworks
  6. stend
  7. Stende
  8. Stender
  9. Stenders
  10. Stendhal syndrome
  11. Stendhalian

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