Stand vs Old - What's the difference?
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(lb) To or be positioned physically.
#(lb) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
#(lb) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
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# To remain motionless.
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#*Bible, (w) ii, 9
#*:The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
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#*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
#(lb) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
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#*: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.
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#*:He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom.
#(lb) To place in an upright or standing position.
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#(lb) To occupy or hold a place; to be situated or located.
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#(lb) To measure when erect on the feet.
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#*:Six feet two, as I think, he stands .
(lb) To or be positioned mentally.
# To be positioned to gain or lose.
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# To tolerate.
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, title= #(lb) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
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#*:readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall
#(lb) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
#*Bible, (w) viii. 11
#*:The king granted the Jewsto gather themselves together, and to stand for their life.
#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
#*:the standing pattern of their imitation
# To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
#*Bible, (w) ix. 10
#*:sacrificeswhich stood only in meats and drinks
#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:Accomplish what your signs foreshow; / I stand resigned, and am prepared to go.
#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
#*:Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry.
(lb) To or be positioned socially.
# To act as an umpire.
#(lb) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
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#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:Love stood the siege.
#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
#*:Bid him disband his legions,/ And stand the judgment of a Roman senate.
#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
#*:He stood the furious foe.
# To seek election.
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#*(Izaak Walton) (c.1594-1683)
#*:He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university.
#(lb) To be valid.
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#(lb) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
#*1957 , (Matt Christopher),
#*:"Kim, Jack, and I will stand you guys," Jimmie Burdette said. ¶ "We'll smear you!" laughed Ron.
#* R. J. Childerhose,
#*:The game stopped while sides were sorted out. Andy did the sorting. "Okay," he said. "Jimmy is coming out. He and Gaston and Ike and me will stand you guys."
#*1978 , (Louis Sachar),
#*:"Hey, Louis," Dameon shouted. "Do you want to play kickball?" ¶ ""All right," said Louis. "Ron and I will both play."¶ "Ron and I will stand everybody!" Louis announced.
#To cover the expense of; to pay for.
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#(lb) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
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#(lb) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
#*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
#*:Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing / But what may stand with honour.
#(lb) To appear in court.
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Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
*1630 , John Smith, True Travels , in Kupperman 1988, p.40:
*:To repaire his defects, hee stood for the coast of Calabria, but hearing there was six or seven Galleyes at Mesina hee departed thence for Malta.
(lb) To remain without ruin or injury.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:My mind on its own centre stands unmoved.
*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
*:The ruin'd wall / Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone.
(lb) To stop asking for more cards.
The act of standing.
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*:I took my stand upon an eminenceto look into their several ladings.
A defensive position or effort. (rfex)
A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
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A period of performance in a given location or venue.
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A device to hold something upright or aloft.
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand , and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
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A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
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(lb) 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.
A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
*1625 , (Francis Bacon), “Of Truth”, Essays
*:One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth the matter, and is at a stand , to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie’s sake.
*1819 , (Lord Byron), , I.168:
*:Antonia's patience now was at a stand — / "Come, come, 't is no time now for fooling there," / She whispered
A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I have found you out a stand most fit, / Where you may have such vantage on the duke, / He shall not pass you.
The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
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(lb) grandstand (often in plural)
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, title= A single set, as of arms.
*1927 , Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld , Paragon House (1990), ISBN 1-55778-348-9, p.170:
*:The police and troops captured eleven thousand stand of arms, including muskets and pistols, together with several thousand bludgeons and other weapons.
(lb) Rank; post; station; standing.
*(Samuel Daniel) (1562-1619)
*:Father, since your fortune did attain / So high a stand , I mean not to descend.
(lb) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
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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.
(lb) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
(Webster 1913)
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
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*: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. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
#Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
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#Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
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Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
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Having existed or lived for the specified time.
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(lb) Of an earlier time.
#Former, previous.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}
#*1994 , Michael Grumley, Life Drawing
#*:But over my old life, a new life had formed.
#That is no longer in existence.
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#Obsolete; out-of-date.
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#Familiar.
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Tiresome.
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Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
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(lb) Excessive, abundant.
*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
*:URSULA: Madam, you must come to your uncle. Yonder's old coil at home: it is proved, my Lady Hero hath been falsely accused, the prince and Claudio mightily abused;
People who are old; old beings; the older generation; usually used with the .
As nouns the difference between stand and old
is that stand is stall, booth, bench, stand (place to sell items or make deals) while old is age.stand
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Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand' that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't ' stand is to have them togs called a livery.
Basketball Sparkplug, Ch.7:
Hockey Fever in Goganne Falls, p.95:
Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Ch.21:
Usage notes
* In older works, standen is found as a past participle of this verb; it is now archaic. * (tolerate) This is almost always found in a negative form such as can’t stand', or ' No-one can stand… In this sense it is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (term) or infinitive . See .Derived terms
* bestand * offstand * a leg to stand on * stand alone/stand-alone * stand aside * stand and deliver * stand back * stand by * stand corrected * stand down * stand easy * stand firm * stand for * stand from under * stand guard * stand off/stand-off * stand on * stand on ceremony * stand out * stand over * stand-in * stand in for * * stand on end * * stand pat * stand still * stand tall * stand to reason * stand watch * stand up/stand-up/standup * understand * upstandNoun
(en noun)Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland, passage=The end of the opening period was relatively quite [sic] as Vassiljev's desperate shot from well outside the penalty area flew into the stand housing the Irish supporters and then Ward's ctoss [sic] was gathered by goalkeeper Pareiko.}}
England v West Indies: Hosts cruise home in Lord's Test, passage=England wrapped up a five-wicket victory in the first Test as a stand of 132 between Alastair Cook and Ian Bell saw off an early West Indies charge.}}
Derived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "stand") * at a stand * bandstand * bicycle stand * blow this pop stand * clamp stand * coat stand * concessions stand * cruet stand * dish stand * grandstand * home stand * kickstand * music stand * one-night stand * outstanding * retort stand * ring stand * Sheffield stand * stable stand * standout * standpoint * standstill * take a firm stand * take a stand * take the stand * taxi stand * track stand * umbrella stand * upstanding * witness standStatistics
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(wikipedia old)Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* (having existed for a long period of time) ancient, long in the tooth * (having lived for many years) aged, ageing / aging, elderly, long in the tooth, on in years * (having existed or lived for the specified time) aged, of age * (former) erstwhile, ex-, former, one-time, past * (out-of-date) antiquated, obsolete (words) * See alsoAntonyms
* (having existed for a long period of time) brand new, fresh, new * (having lived for many years) young * (former) current, latest, newDerived terms
* age-old * any old * big old * good old * little old * old age * old-age * Old Akkadian * Old Armenian * Old Assyrian * old as the hills * Old Babylonian * Old Blighty * Old Bulgarian * Old Church Slavic * Old Church Slavonic * old college try * old country * Old Czech * Old Dutch * olden * Old Egyptian * Old English * old fart * old-fashioned * old flame * Old Flemish * old fogey * old franc * Old Franconian * Old Frankish * Old French * Old Frisian * Old Glory * old gold * old growth * old guard * old hand * old hat * Old High German * Old Icelandic * oldies * Old Indic * Old Indo-Aryan * Old Ionic * Old Iranian * Old Irish * old lace * old lady * Old Latin * Old Low Franconian * Old Low Frankish * Old Low German * old maid * old man * old money * Old Nick * Old Norse * Old North French * Old Norwegian * old penny * Old Persian * * Old Prussian * old regime * Old Russian * olds * old salt * old saw * Old Saxon * Old Scandinavian * old school * Old Slavic * Old Slavonic * old sweat * Old Testament * old-time * old-timer * Old Welsh * old woman * Old World * old-world * over-old * same old same old * same old story * some old * you can't put an old head on young shouldersNoun
(usually used as plural)- A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.