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upstand

Rhymes with -ænd

Where it comes from

From Middle English upstanden, equivalent to up- + stand. Cognate with Dutch opstaan (“to rise, stand up”), German aufstehen (“to arise, get up, stand up”), Swedish uppstå (“to arise, emerge, come up”).

verb upstands · upstanding · upstood

  1. intransitive To stand up; arise; be erect; rise. At once, upstood the monarch, and upstood / The wise Ulysses.

noun upstands

  1. A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface.

    Similar: upturn

adjective

  1. not comparable (of a beam) Having its top surface above the slab with which it integrates; "an upstand beam".

Opposite: downstand, downhang

Thesaurus

adjective

Opposite: downstand, downhang

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verb stand up

Françaisériger

noun upturn

Françaisbordure

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@misc{upstand_2026,
  title = {upstand},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/upstand},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}