Booth (noun)
A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
Booth (noun)
An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person.
Booth (noun)
An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café.
Booth (noun)
An enclosure for keeping animals.
Stand (verb)
To position or be positioned physically.
Stand (verb)
To feet in an erect position.
“Here I stand, wondering what to do next.”
Stand (verb)
To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
“Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.”
Stand (verb)
To remain motionless.
“Do not leave your car standing in the road.”
Stand (verb)
To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
Stand (verb)
To place in an upright or standing position.
“He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.”
Stand (verb)
To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
“Paris stands on the Seine.”
Stand (verb)
To measure when erect on the feet.
Stand (verb)
To position or be positioned mentally.
Stand (verb)
(of tears) To be welled up (in the eyes).
Stand (verb)
To be positioned to gain or lose.
“He stands to get a good price for the house.”
Stand (verb)
To tolerate.
“I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions.”
“I can’t stand him.”
Stand (verb)
To maintain one’s ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
Stand (verb)
To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
Stand (verb)
To position or be positioned socially.
Stand (verb)
To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
Stand (verb)
To act as an umpire.
Stand (verb)
To undergo; withstand; hold up.
“The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time.”
Stand (verb)
To seek election.
“He is standing for election to the local council.”
Stand (verb)
To be valid.
“What I said yesterday still stands.”
Stand (verb)
To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
Stand (verb)
To cover the expense of; to pay for.
“to stand a treat”
Stand (verb)
To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
“Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.”
Stand (verb)
To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
Stand (verb)
Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
Stand (verb)
To remain without ruin or injury.
Stand (verb)
To stop asking for more cards; to keep one’s hand as it has been dealt so far.
Stand (noun)
The act of standing.
Stand (noun)
A defensive position or effort.
“The Commander says we will make our stand here.”
Stand (noun)
A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
“They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.”
Stand (noun)
A period of performance in a given location or venue.
“They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees.”
“They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week.”
Stand (noun)
A device to hold something upright or aloft.
“He set the music upon the stand and began to play.”
“an umbrella stand;”
“a hat-stand”
Stand (noun)
The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
“She took the stand and quietly answered questions.”
Stand (noun)
A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
“This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.”
Stand (noun)
A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
Stand (noun)
A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
Stand (noun)
A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
Stand (noun)
A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
“a taxi stand”
Stand (noun)
The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
“a good, bad, or convenient stand for business”
Stand (noun)
Grandstand. often in the plural
Stand (noun)
A partnership.
Stand (noun)
A single set, as of arms.
Stand (noun)
Rank; post; station; standing.
Stand (noun)
A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
“to be at a stand what to do”
Stand (noun)
A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
Stand (noun)
A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
Stand (noun)
A location or position where one may stand.