stood

Verb

stand (third-person singular simple present stands, present participle standing, simple past stood, past participle stood or (obsolete) standen or (nonstandard) stand)

1. (copulative, intransitive) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
   • Here I stand, wondering what to do next.
2. (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
   • Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.
3. (copulative, intransitive) To remain motionless.
   • Do not leave your car standing in the road.
4. (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
   • They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
5. (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
   • He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.
6. (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
   • Paris stands on the Seine.

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