Rise from a chair Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Rise from a chair crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on June 4 2024 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Rise from a chair has a total of 5 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | STAND | Rise from a chair | Newsday |
Definition
| • | To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position |
| • | To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. |
| • | To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation. |
| • | To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine. |
| • | To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary. |
| • | To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources. |
| • | To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe. |
| • | To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. |
| • | To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice. |
| • | To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts. |
| • | To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. |
| • | To be consistent; to agree; to accord. |
| • | To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor. |
| • | To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate. |
| • | To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless. |
| • | To measure when erect on the feet. |
| • | To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide. |
| • | To appear in court. |
| • | To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat. |
| • | To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. |
| • | To abide by; to submit to; to suffer. |
| • | To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet. |
| • | To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat. |
| • | The act of standing. |
| • | A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand. |
| • | A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something. |
| • | A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand. |
| • | A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course. |
| • | A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand. |
| • | A place where a witness stands to testify in court. |
| • | The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business. |
| • | Rank; post; station; standing. |
| • | A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch. |
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- Newsday: Jun 4, 2024
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