Real Dictionary

stand
If you take or make a stand, you do something or say something in order to make it clear what your attitude to a particular thing is.
verb: If something such as a building or a piece of furniture stands somewhere, it is in that position, and is upright.
verb: If you ask someone where or how they stand on a particular issue, you are asking them what their attitude or view is.
verb: If you do not know where you stand with someone, you do not know exactly what their attitude to you is.
verb: If you leave food or a mixture of something to stand, you leave it without disturbing it for some time.
verb: If you stand aside or stand back, you move a short distance sideways or backwards, so that you are standing in a different place.
verb: If you stand something somewhere, you put it there in an upright position.
verb: When someone who is sitting stands, they change their position so that they are upright and on their feet.
verb: When you are standing, your body is upright, your legs are straight, and your weight is supported by your feet.
verb: You can say that a building is standing when it remains after other buildings around it have fallen down or been destroyed.

stand in American English
to be or remain in a generally upright position, supported on the feet (or foot)

stand in American Englishfor 64
intransitive verb: to be in an upright position on the feet
transitive verb: to cause to stand; set upright; set

stand in British English
verb: to be or cause to be in an erect or upright position