stood

Definition

  • past tense and past participle of 'stand'

Examples

  • His plays have 'stood the test of time'. [=his plays are still read by many people today]

  • She was crouching down to look at something, but she 'stood up' when she saw me.

  • She finally 'stood up to' the girl who had been teasing her at school.

Movie quotes

  • (..) What kind of a pizza place only serves kind of pizza. Must be a San Francisco thing. Still, it's not as bad as the soup at that diner in Nebraska. Oh, yeah. The spoon stood up in the soup by itself. We're good. Family's running. The drive out was pretty fun. What was your favorite part? (..)
    2015 Inside Out