Definition of Stand up

1. Verb. Rise to one's feet. "Sam and Sue stand up"; "The audience got up and applauded"

Exact synonyms: Arise, Get Up, Rise, Uprise
Specialized synonyms: Take The Floor
Generic synonyms: Change Posture
Antonyms: Lie Down, Sit Down
Derivative terms: Rise, Riser

2. Verb. Refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack.
Generic synonyms: Hold Out, Resist, Stand Firm, Withstand

3. Verb. Put into an upright position. "They stand up the bags on the table"; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
Exact synonyms: Place Upright, Stand
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Causes: Stand
Related verbs: Stand
Derivative terms: Stand, Standard

4. Verb. Be standing; be upright. "The chairs stand up in the corner"; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
Exact synonyms: Stand
Generic synonyms: Rest
Specialized synonyms: Ramp, Stand Back, Line Up, Queue, Queue Up
Related verbs: Place Upright, Stand
Entails: Arise, Get Up, Rise, Uprise
Antonyms: Lie, Sit
Derivative terms: Stance, Stand, Standee, Stander, Standing

5. Verb. Defend against attack or criticism. "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
Exact synonyms: Stick Up
Generic synonyms: Defend, Fend For, Support

6. Verb. Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.. "This theory won't hold water"
Exact synonyms: Hold Up, Hold Water
Generic synonyms: Endure, Go, Hold Out, Hold Up, Last, Live, Live On, Survive

7. Verb. Rise up as in fear. "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
Exact synonyms: Bristle, Uprise
Derivative terms: Bristle

Definition of Stand up

1. Verb. (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To avoid a prearranged meeting, ''especially'' a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive cricket of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To launch, propel upwards ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stand Up

stand on ceremony
stand on end
stand on its own
stand on one's own two feet
stand one's ground
stand out
stand pat
stand sentinel
stand someone in good stead
stand still
stand stock still
stand tall
stand the test of time
stand to
stand to reason
stand up
stand up against
stand up for
stand up to
stand watch
standage
standages
standalone
standard
standard-bearer
standard-bearers
standard-wing
standard-wings
standard atmosphere
standard candle

Literary usage of Stand up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong (1883)
"... shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to hii ш fuur stood up for shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the It, ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"to Mr. Herbert " I'll not grant anything of the kind," returned the farmer, with his bluff laugh : " but every man must stand up for himself, ..."

3. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Your bouses they pull down, stand up now, stand up now, Your houses they pull down, stand up now. Your houses they pull down to fright poor men in town, ..."

4. The Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"... they are of men : let them all t>e ga U ashamed together. shall I fall down to Uie stock of a tree ? thered together, let them stand up: j '^0 He ..."

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