Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stood

/stʊd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: stood
IPA: /stʊd/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of stand

Example Sentences

"This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals."
"The teacher stood her facing the corner."
"The flowers were stood in a vase on the table. (informal; chiefly UK/Commonwealth)"
"At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook."

Etymology

From Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōþ, *stōd-, past tense of *standaną (“to stand”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: stod, stōd, *stōþ

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /stʊd/
British English: /stʊd/

Homonyms

stud (without the foot-strut split)

Rhymes With

would good could should wood understood hood misunderstood goode withstood fulwood schuld

Questions

How do you pronounce stood?: The recorded pronunciation is /stʊd/.
What does stood mean?: simple past and past participle of stand
Where does stood come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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