stand

verbA1UK /stænd/ US /stænd/

To position or be positioned physically:

To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.copulative, intransitive
To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.intransitive
To remain motionless.copulative, intransitive
To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.intransitive
To place in an upright or standing position.transitive
To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.intransitive
To measure when erect on the feet.intransitive
To be present, to have welled up.intransitive, usually

To position or be positioned mentally:

To be positioned to gain or lose.intransitive, with an infinitive, with to
To tolerate.transitive
To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.copulative, intransitive
To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.copulative, intransitive

To position or be positioned socially:

To act as an umpire.intransitive
To undergo; withstand; hold up.transitive
To be a candidate (in an election).UK, intransitive
To remain valid.intransitive
To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.transitive
To cover the expense of; to pay for.transitive
To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.intransitive
To be consistent; to agree; to accord.intransitive
To appear in court.intransitive

Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).intransitive
To remain without ruin or injury.copulative, intransitive
To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.

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Are you just going to stand there all day?

You are old enough to stand on your own feet.