When you are standing, your body is upright, your legs are straight, and your weight is supported by your feet.

When someone who is sitting stands, they change their position so that they are upright and on their feet.

If you stand aside or stand back, you move a short distance sideways or backwards, so that you are standing in a different place.

If something such as a building or a piece of furniture stands somewhere, it is in that position, and is upright.

You can say that a building is standing when it remains after other buildings around it have fallen down or been destroyed.

If you stand something somewhere, you put it there in an upright position.

If you leave food or a mixture of something to stand, you leave it without disturbing it for some time.

If you take or make a stand, you do something or say something in order to make it clear what your attitude to a particular thing is.

If you ask someone where or how they stand on a particular issue, you are asking them what their attitude or view is.

If you do not know where you stand with someone, you do not know exactly what their attitude to you is.

You can use stand instead of 'be' when you are describing the present state or condition of something or someone.

If a decision, law, or offer stands, it still exists and has not been changed or cancelled.

If something that can be measured stands at a particular level, it is at that level.

You can describe how tall or high someone or something is by saying that they stand a particular height.

If something can stand a situation or a test, it is good enough or strong enough to experience it without being damaged, harmed, or shown to be inadequate.

If you cannot stand something, you cannot bear it or tolerate it.

If you cannot stand someone or something, you dislike them very strongly.

If you stand to gain something, you are likely to gain it. If you stand to lose something, you are likely to lose it.

If you stand in an election, you are a candidate in it.

If you stand someone a meal or a drink, you buy it for them.

A stand is a small shop or stall, outdoors or in a large public building.

A stand at a sports ground is a large structure where people sit or stand to watch what is happening.

A stand is an object or piece of furniture that is designed for supporting or holding a particular kind of thing.

A stand is an area where taxis or buses can wait to pick up passengers.

In a law court, the stand is the place where a witness stands to answer questions.

If an idea, claim, or attempt stands or falls on something, its truth or success depends on that thing.

You can describe someone's final attempt to defend themselves before they are defeated as their last stand .

If you say it stands to reason that something is true or likely to happen, you mean that it is obvious.

If you stand in the way of something or stand in a person's way, you prevent that thing from happening or prevent that person from doing something.