to stand
- verb
- /stænd/
- Specialized
- The champion horse will stand at stud for the next year to produce quality offspring.
Examples
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"If you want to assure a male child, "you make love standing up."
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With the mare to stand guard, she was as safe here as anywhere in Dunlath.
Fiction book (1994) -
My offer stands firm.
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The farmer has a male dog that is ready to stand for breeding this season.
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They usually require their stallion to stand for a few days before breeding.
Synonyms
To mate with a female animal to produce young
Antonyms
- Specialized
To make something like medical tools free of bacteria using heat or chemicals
Idioms
- Formal
Make progress by using the ideas and work of earlier people
Make new progress by using important ideas or work from people who came before
- Informal
To leave a place quickly because you do not want to be there
To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail
Imagine yourself in another person's situation to understand how they feel
Phrasal Verbs
- Formal
Hold the body straight with feet together and arms at the sides like a soldier
To state an opinion strongly and refuse to change it when others disagree
Compounds
- NSFW
A sexual encounter that happens for only one night and does not continue
- NSFW
A law allowing someone to use force, even deadly force, without first trying to leave when threatened
- Jargon
A temporary pause in military activity to let troops rest and stop being on alert
An 1876 battle at Little Bighorn where Sioux and Cheyenne killed General Custer and his soldiers
- Specialized
A thick slow-drying oil artists mix into paint to make it smoother and shinier
- NSFW
A short romantic or sexual meeting that lasts part of one night without starting a relationship
- Archaic
A small table that holds a basin and pitcher for washing hands before indoor plumbing
Surface Forms
Etymology
A male animal 'to stand at stud' comes from the idea of the animal standing still and being ready for breeding, so an animal that stands for stud is available for mating. The image of the animal 'standing' makes the phrase easy to remember.