stend

English

Etymology

Corruption of extend.

Verb

stend

1. (UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To rear or leap.
2. (UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To walk with long strides.

Noun

stend (plural stends)

1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A leap.

References

• 1908, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Dents, dents, tends

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stend

1. (non-standard since 2012) (deprecated template usage) present of standa