(chemistry) An item of laboratory equipment which consists of a metal pole with a solid, firm base, used to hold, or clamp, laboratory glassware and other equipment in place, so that they do not fall down or come apart.

(chemistry) An item of laboratory equipment which consists of a metal pole with a solid, firm base, used to hold, or clamp, laboratory glassware and other equipment in place, so that they do not fall down or come apart.

(idiomatic) To seem logical, rational, or reasonable; to make sense.

(transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).

(transitive) To object to or interfere with the actions of (someone seen as bullying, pushy, or controlling). / (transitive) To withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of.

To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone). / (intransitive) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to the surroundings.

(intransitive) To maintain distance. / (intransitive) To abstain from participation.

(intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position. / (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position.

A stand made for holding pages or books of sheet music. / A raised platform for a musical band; bandstand.

A phrase traditionally used by a highwayman commanding victims to hand over their valuables.