Parola del giorno in inglese

stand

stare in piedi

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
stand
1. verb. stare in piedi
2. verb. appoggiare
inglese > inglese
stand
1. v. To position or be positioned physically.:
2. v. (intransitive) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
Here I stand, wondering what to do next.
3. v. (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.
4. v. (intransitive) To remain motionless.
Do not leave your car standing in the road.
5. v. (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
6. v. To place in an upright or standing position.
He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.
7. v. (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
Paris stands on the Seine.
8. v. (intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
9. v. (intransitive) (of tears) To be present, to have welled up (in the eyes).
10. v. To position or be positioned mentally.:
11. v. (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
He stands to get a good price for the house.
12. v. (transitive, negative) To tolerate.
I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions.
I can’t stand him.
13. v. (intransitive) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
14. v. (intransitive) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
15. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
16. v. To position or be positioned socially.:
17. v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
18. v. To undergo; withstand; hold up.
The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time.
19. v. (intransitive, British) To seek election.
He is standing for election to the local council.
20. v. (intransitive) To be valid.
What I said yesterday still stands.
21. v. To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
22. v. To cover the expense of; to pay for.
to stand a treat
23. v. (intransitive) 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.
24. v. (intransitive) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
25. v. (intransitive) To appear in court.
26. v. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
27. v. (intransitive) To remain without ruin or injury.
28. v. (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
29. subst. The act of standing.
30. subst. A defensive position or effort.
The Commander says we will make our stand here.
31. subst. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.
32. subst. 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.
33. subst. 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
34. subst. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
She took the stand and quietly answered questions.
35. subst. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.
36. subst. (forestry) 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.
37. subst. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
38. subst. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
39. subst. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
a taxi stand
40. subst. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
a good, bad, or convenient stand for business
41. subst. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
42. subst. (cricket) A partnership.
43. subst. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
44. subst. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
45. subst. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
to be at a stand what to do
46. subst. 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
47. subst. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
48. subst. A location or position where one may stand.
italiano > inglese
stare in piedi
1. v. to stand; to continue standing