“standest” is a form of
stand
/ˈstænd/ verb, noun
Forms stands standing stood standest stoodst stoodest standeth stooden standen
- verb (intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position. “Here I stand, wondering what to do next.”
- verb (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up. “Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.”
- verb (intransitive, copulative) To remain motionless. “Do not leave your car standing in the road.”
- verb (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
- verb (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position. “He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.”
- verb (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated. “Paris stands on the Seine.”
- verb (intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
- verb (intransitive, of tears, sweat, etc.) To be present, to have welled up.
- noun The act of standing.
- noun A defensive position or effort. “The Commander says we will make our stand here.”
- noun A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition. “They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.”
- noun A period of performance in a given location or venue. “They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees.”
- 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”
- noun The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box. “She took the stand and quietly answered questions.”
- noun (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
- noun A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs. “This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.”
- noun (US, Scotland, dated) A container which stands upright, such as a barrel or cask.
- noun (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
Synonyms
base pedestal rack standstill tie-up point of view viewpoint standpoint stall sales booth bandstand outdoor stage stand up remain firm digest endure stick out stomach bear tolerate support brook abide suffer put up place upright resist fend
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Etymology
From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Cognate with Scots staund (“to stand”), Yola sthoan, sthoane, sthone, stoane (“to stand”), North Frisian staan, stoune, stuine, stun, stönje, stööne (“to stand”), Saterland Frisian stounde (“to stand”), Danish stande (“to stand”), Faroese and Icelandic standa (“to stand”), Norwegian Nynorsk standa, stå (“to stand”), Swedish stånda (“to stand”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (standan, “to stand”). From the related Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): West Frisian stean (“to stand”), Alemannic German staa (“to stand”), Central Franconian stiehn, stohn, stonn (“to stand”), Cimbrian stean (“to stand”), Dutch staan (“to stand”), German stehen (“to stand”), Low German stahn, staon (“to stand”), Luxembourgish stoen (“to stand”), Vilamovian śtejn (“to stand”), Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “to stand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stå (“to stand”), Faroese stá (“to stand”). Also from *steh₂-: Breton and Cornish sevel (“to stand”), Welsh sefyll (“to stand”), Latin stō (“to stand”), Greek σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”), Albanian shtyllë (“pillar; column”), Latvian stāvēt (“to stand”), Lithuanian stóti, stovėti (“to stand”), Belarusian стая́ць (stajácʹ, “to stand”), Bulgarian стоя́ (stojá, “to stand, stay”), Czech stát (“to stand”), Macedonian стои (stoi, “to stand”), Polish stać, stojeć (“to stand”), Russian стоя́ть (stojátʹ, “to stand”), Serbo-Croatian ста̏јати, stȁjati (“to stand”), Slovak stáť (“to stand”), Slovene státi (“to stand”), Ukrainian стоя́ти (stojáty, “to stand”), Armenian ստվար (stvar, “large, thick; dense”), Ossetian стын (styn, “to stand up”), Northern Kurdish rawestîn (“to stand”), Persian ایستادن (istâdan), وایسادن (vâysâdan), وایستادن (vâystâdan, “to stand up”), Tocharian A ṣtäm- (“to stand”), Tocharian B stäm- (“to stand”), Sanskrit स्था (sthā, “to stand”).
From Middle English stand, stande, stond, stonde, stoonde, probably from Middle Dutch stande, from Old Dutch *standan (“to stand”), from Frankish *standan.
Forms with -o- may show influence of stonden (“stand”, verb).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as: (a) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; --opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. "I pray you all, stand up!" Shak.
- verb To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
- verb To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
- verb To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. "Love stood the siege." Dryden.
Etymology [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, stan, D. staan, OS. standan, stan, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. stå, Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. stha. *163. Cf. Assist, Constant, Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist, Interstice, Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, n., Rest remainder, Soltice, Stable, a. & n., State, n., Statute, Stead, Steed, Stool, Stud of horses, Substance, System.]
Etymology [As. stand. See Stand, v. i.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “stand”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details