STAND UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stand up mean? 

• STAND UP (verb)
  The verb STAND UP has 7 senses:

1. rise to one's feet

2. refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack

3. put into an upright position

4. be standing; be upright

5. defend against attack or criticism

6. resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.

7. rise up as in fear

  Familiarity information: STAND UP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAND UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rise to one's feet

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

arise; get up; rise; stand up; uprise

Context example:

The audience got up and applauded

Hypernyms (to "stand up" is one way to...):

change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stand up"):

take the floor (stand up to dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue stand up

Sense 2

Meaning:

Refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "stand up" is one way to...):

hold out; resist; stand firm; withstand (stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put into an upright position

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

place upright; stand; stand up

Context example:

Can you stand the bookshelf up?

Hypernyms (to "stand up" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Cause:

stand; stand up (be standing; be upright)

Verb group:

stand; stand up (be standing; be upright)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be standing; be upright

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

stand; stand up

Context example:

We had to stand for the entire performance!

Hypernyms (to "stand up" is one way to...):

rest (not move; be in a resting position)

"Stand up" entails doing...:

arise; get up; rise; stand up; uprise (rise to one's feet)

Verb group:

place upright; stand; stand up (put into an upright position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stand up"):

ramp (stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing)

stand back (stand away from an object or person)

line up; queue; queue up (form a queue, form a line, stand in line)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Defend against attack or criticism

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

stand up; stick up

Context example:

She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student

Hypernyms (to "stand up" is one way to...):

defend; fend for; support (argue or speak in defense of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

hold up; hold water; stand up

Context example:

This theory won't hold water

Hypernyms (to "stand up" is one way to...):

endure; go; hold out; hold up; last; live; live on; survive (continue to live and avoid dying)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 7

Meaning:

Rise up as in fear

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bristle; stand up; uprise

Context example:

It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Arising: are you able to stand up from a straight chair?

(HAQ-DI - Able to Stand Up From Chair, NCI Thesaurus)

He would stand up, with open eyes, and he would struggle and toil and learn until, with eyes unblinded and tongue untied, he could share with her his visioned wealth.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Stand up on the seat, nephew, and see if you can get a glimpse of them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“He stands up to you like—like a—why I don't know what he don't stand up to you like. He's so bold!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

On another, And after all, five couple are not enough to make it worth while to stand up.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I was so vexed to see him stand up with her!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

And the man and woman no longer stand up. They, too, crawl after him on hands and knees. But I stand up. Sometimes I fall, but always do I stand up again.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Will the person who called me a liar kindly stand up that I may know him?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I assure you,” said she, “I would not stand up without your dear sister for all the world; for if I did we should certainly be separated the whole evening.”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The ears are usually cropped and then taped for a couple of months to make them stand up.

(Doberman Pinscher, NCI Thesaurus)