Stood Meaning
/stʊd/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbsimple past and past participle of stand
Sentence Examples
The church stood alone on the hill.
I suddenly stood up and felt faint and light-headed.
We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked.
CEFR Practice Quiz
At the concert, the fans ____ on their feet for the entire three-hour performance.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She ____ on her tiptoes to see over the crowd and catch a glimpse of the parade passing by on the street.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōþ, *stōd-, past tense of *standaną (“to stand”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the concert, the fans ____ on their feet for the entire three-hour performance.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She ____ on her tiptoes to see over the crowd and catch a glimpse of the parade passing by on the street.