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  • English Word Stanching Definition of Stanch
  • English Word Stanchion Definition A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.
  • English Word Stanchion Definition Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
  • English Word Stanchion Definition A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
  • English Word Stanchless Definition Incapable of being stanched, or stopped.
  • English Word Stanchless Definition Unquenchable; insatiable.
  • English Word Stanchly Definition In a stanch manner.
  • English Word Stanchness Definition The quality or state of being stanch.
  • English Word Stand Definition To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
  • English Word Stand Definition To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
  • English Word Stand Definition To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
  • English Word Stand Definition To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
  • English Word Stand Definition To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
  • English Word Stand Definition To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.
  • English Word Stand Definition To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
  • English Word Stand Definition To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
  • English Word Stand Definition To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
  • English Word Stand Definition To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
  • English Word Stand Definition To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
  • English Word Stand Definition To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
  • English Word Stand Definition To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
  • English Word Stand Definition To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
  • English Word Stand Definition To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
  • English Word Stand Definition To measure when erect on the feet.
  • English Word Stand Definition To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
  • English Word Stand Definition To appear in court.
  • English Word Stand Definition To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
  • English Word Stand Definition To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
  • English Word Stand Definition To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
  • English Word Stand Definition To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.