Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preterit and past participle of stand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
stand .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
stand .
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Examples
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But, if she stood on the edge of an abyss, at least she _stood_ there, firm on the solid earth.
The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1904
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On the surface, the term stood for two contradictory allegations: referees were afraid to call fouls when they should, and referees were calling fouls too quickly and intimidating teams from playing aggressive defense.
Getting Open Tom Graham 2006
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On the surface, the term stood for two contradictory allegations: referees were afraid to call fouls when they should, and referees were calling fouls too quickly and intimidating teams from playing aggressive defense.
Getting Open Tom Graham 2006
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On the surface, the term stood for two contradictory allegations: referees were afraid to call fouls when they should, and referees were calling fouls too quickly and intimidating teams from playing aggressive defense.
Getting Open Tom Graham 2006
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On the surface, the term stood for two contradictory allegations: referees were afraid to call fouls when they should, and referees were calling fouls too quickly and intimidating teams from playing aggressive defense.
Getting Open Tom Graham 2006
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On the surface, the term stood for two contradictory allegations: referees were afraid to call fouls when they should, and referees were calling fouls too quickly and intimidating teams from playing aggressive defense.
Getting Open Tom Graham 2006
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On the surface, the term stood for two contradictory allegations: referees were afraid to call fouls when they should, and referees were calling fouls too quickly and intimidating teams from playing aggressive defense.
Getting Open Tom Graham 2006
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The acronym stood for “Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion.”
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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The acronym stood for “Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion.”
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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The acronym stood for “Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion.”
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
hernesheir commented on the word stood
Cropped. Sheep are said to be stood, whose ears are cropped, and men who wear their hair very short. --old provincial term from the north of England listed by Grose in his 1787 A Provincial Glossary.
May 5, 2011