stand vs suit

stand

verb
  • To be consistent; to agree; to accord. 

  • 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 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 undergo; withstand; hold up. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

suit

verb
  • To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with) 

  • To be suitable or apt for one's image. 

  • To be appropriate or apt for. 

  • To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit. 

  • To please; to make content; to fit one's taste. 

  • To dress; to clothe. 

noun
  • The full set of sails required for a ship. 

  • A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. 

  • The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit. 

  • A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. 

  • A full set of armour. 

  • Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards. 

  • Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. 

  • A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit. 

  • Petition, request, entreaty. 

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