stood up

Meaning

simple past and past participle of stand up

stand up

1. (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.
2. (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
4. (intransitive) To last or endure over a period of time.
5. (intransitive) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
6. (intransitive) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
7. (transitive) To launch, propel upwards
8. (US, transitive) To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
9. To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
10. (formal, intransitive) To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.

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Synonyms

be made to stand

Sentences

The boy stood up shakily , and looked once more at the Pyramids .