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

• 'tends, Dents, dents, tends

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stend

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