To grip or grasp tightly.
To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
To hatch.
To seize, as though with claws.
To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.
Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
An important or critical situation.
A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
A group or bunch (of people or things).
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
A difficult maneuver
To undergo; withstand; hold up.
To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
To be valid.
Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
To remain without ruin or injury.
To place in an upright or standing position.
To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
To appear in court.
To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
To be positioned to gain or lose.
To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
To remain motionless.
To be present, to have welled up.
To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
To measure when erect on the feet.
To be a candidate (in an election).
To act as an umpire.
To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
To tolerate.
To cover the expense of; to pay for.
To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
A single set, as of arms.
The act of standing.
A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
A partnership.
A defensive position or effort.
A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
A device to hold something upright or aloft.
A period of performance in a given location or venue.
A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
Grandstand. (often in the plural)
A type of supernatural ability from the anime and manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, named for the fact that they appear to 'stand' next to their user.
A location or position where one may stand.
A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.