stand

To position or be positioned physically:

Here I stand, wondering what to do next.

I can't reach the celing. Get me a chair to stand on.

To position or be positioned physically:

Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.

To position or be positioned physically:

Do not leave your car standing in the road.

The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

To position or be positioned physically:

They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.

He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom […]

To position or be positioned physically:

He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.

At one time a "standard test" for carriage riding was to stand a pencil on end on the compartment floor, or to measure how long it was possible to stand on one leg without touching the corridor walls; [...].

The act of standing.

I took my stand upon an eminence […] to look into their several ladings.

A defensive position or effort.

The Commander says we will make our stand here.

A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.

They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.

There are also a growing number of lesbians in prison who are out about being lesbian and that stand in and of itself is much stronger than being out on the outside. These women are in much greater danger.

A period of performance in a given location or venue.

They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees.

They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week.

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

There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

A container which stands upright, such as a barrel or cask.

Item, for a ſtande of small ale - ii s.

[…]one gialfatte, 3 stannes 3s.,[…]

A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.