English Explanatory Dictionary

stound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An hour.
  2. A tide, season.
  3. A time, length of time, hour, while.
  4. A brief span of time, moment, instant.
  5. A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
  6. A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.
  7. A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging
  8. A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
  9. Astonishment; amazement.
verb
  1. To hurt, pain, smart.
  2. To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
  3. To long or pine after, desire.
verb
  1. To stand still; stop.
  2. To stop to listen; pause.
noun
  1. A stand; a stop.
noun
  1. A receptacle for holding small beer.

Pronunciation

/staʊnd/ /stuːnd/ /stund/

Word forms

stound stounds stund stoind stoond stoon stoun stuind stounding stounded

Etymology

From Middle English stond, stounde, stound (“hour, time, season, moment”), from Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Scots stound (“while, period of time, moment, sudden pain, pang, stroke, blow”), dated Dutch stond (“hour, time, moment”), Low German Stund (“hour”), German Stunde (“hour”), Danish stund (“time, while”), and Swedish stund (“time, while”). Compare Middle English stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while”), Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue”). Related to stand.

Synonyms

span duration interval period period of time tide time time interval time period timespan space stound jiffy second bat of an eye bit blink of an eye crack eyeblink flash glimpse half a mo instant jiff jot minute mo moment New York minute New York second no time sec split-second spurt tick trice twink twinkle twinkling while

Derived words

ill stound in a stound stoundmeal umbestound umstound upon a stound
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