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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Stoodthe preterite of to stand.

    Adam, at the news,
    Heart-struck with chilling gripe of sorrow stood. John Milton.

Wikipedia

  1. stood

    Stade (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtaːdə]), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (German: Hansestadt Stade, Low German: Hansestadt Stood) is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the district (Landkreis) which bears its name. It is located roughly 45 km (28 mi) to the west of Hamburg and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. Within the area of the city are the urban districts of Bützfleth, Hagen, Haddorf and Wiepenkathen, each of which have a council (Ortsrat) of their own with some autonomous decision-making rights. Stade is located in the lower regions of the river Elbe. It is also on the German Timber-Frame Road.

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  1. stood

    The general definition for "stood" is the past tense of the verb "stand," which means to be in an upright position on the feet or support oneself on a surface without having any physical assistance or aid.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stood

    of Stand

  2. Stood

    imp. & p. p. of Stand

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Stood

    stood, pa.t. and pa.p. of stand.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'stood' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #715

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'stood' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1820

Anagrams for stood »

  1. todos

  2. to-dos

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stood in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of stood in a Sentence

  1. Kay Ivey:

    Unlike states who are doing everything in their power to make it harder for law abiding citizens, Alabama is reaffirming our commitment to defending our Second Amendment rights, i have always stood up for the rights of law abiding gunowners, and I am proud to do that again today.

  2. Claire Anderson:

    We were reflecting on this past year and thinking what it looks like in emojiland -- and those are the ones that stood out to us the most because it's part of how we live now and interactions that happen all of the time.

  3. Jeremy Collins:

    He was standing there and I came and stood right next to him, and for some reason turned. In my mind's eye I stripped off the beard, and saw the Foreign Service officer I had seen in Washington, D.C. I just impulsively said, 'You're Brad Bishop, aren't you?' And he began trembling and shaking and said 'Oh God, no' and turned around. I have no doubt it was him.

  4. Chip Somodevilla:

    Any time we get so many important current and former political leaders in one place, it kind of creates its own atmosphere, i think that's exactly why this group of powerful people didn't step into the spotlight but stood behind and below the stage instead.

  5. Hillary Clinton:

    I stood up against the behaviors of the banks when I was a senator, i called them out on their mortgage behavior.

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