verb
- to rise up or stand erect
- to resist or oppose something
noun
- a vertical structural support or post
Usage: technical
Examples
- The crowd began to upstand as the national anthem played.
- She decided to upstand against the unfair policy.
- The workers will upstand for their rights during the meeting.
- The metal upstand provides extra support for the roof structure.
- Each upstand must be properly secured to the foundation.
- The protesters chose to upstand rather than remain silent.