upstand

Plural: upstands

Verb

Verb Forms: upstood, upstanding, upstands

To stand up on one's feet or rise upright.
To stand up; arise; be erect; rise.

Noun

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

Adj

(of a beam) Having its top surface above the slab with which it integrates; "an upstand beam".

Examples

He would upstand triumphantly after a particularly high-scoring Scrabble play.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

upturn

Antonyms

downhang, downstand

Scrabble Score: 10

upstand: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
upstand: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
upstand: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

upstand: valid Words With Friends Word