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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stand on end en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (of hair) To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear.
    • The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.
  2. To place on its end. (of an object)
    • At one time a "standard test" for carriage riding was to stand a pencil on end on the compartment floor, or to measure how long it was possible to stand on one leg without touching the corridor walls; [...]. 1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 93:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
standing on end Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stood on end Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stood on end Tense=Past lexicographic
stands on end Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

goosebump · on end

Translations (12)

ca esborronar (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · mi moihi (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · ja よだつ (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · de zu Berge stehen (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · la inhorreō (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · pl stawać dęba (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · mi mōihiihi (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · hu égnek áll (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · mi torotika (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · la horreō (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · pl stanąć dęba (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear) · ca arrufar-se (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear)