stood
- 1Simple past and past participle of stand.
The old oak stood at the edge of the field for two centuries.
He had stood at the gate for hours before anyone arrived.
Note
The past here is made by changing the vowel, not by adding -ed: Old English stōd, with the n of stand dropping away. One spelling serves both jobs, so he stood and he had stood look alike. Used intransitively, it often takes a following participle or adjective (stood waiting, stood still). Used transitively, it means setting something upright, and only that use can turn passive: the ladder was stood against the wall.
She stood the ladder against the wall before climbing up.
The ladder was stood against the wall and left there overnight.
stood is a form of stand
stand, verb: To support oneself upright on the feet, neither sitting nor lying. Full entry
- Spelling
- stand → stood: irregular (no -ed)
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Origin
"Stood" comes from Middle English "stod," from Old English "stōd," from Proto-Germanic "*stōþ, *stōd-," the past tense of "*standaną" meaning "to stand."