"stand on end" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stands on end [present, singular, third-person], standing on end [participle, present], stood on end [participle, past], stood on end [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stand<,,stood> on end}} stand on end (third-person singular simple present stands on end, present participle standing on end, simple past and past participle stood on end)
  1. (of hair) To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear): esborronar (Catalan), arrufar-se (Catalan), zu Berge stehen (German), égnek áll (Hungarian), horreō (Latin), inhorreō (Latin), moihi (Maori), mōihiihi (Maori), torotika (Maori), stawać dęba [imperfective] (Polish), stanąć dęba [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-stand_on_end-en-verb-byNeHKgY Disambiguation of Hair: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear': 100 0
  2. To place on its end. (of an object) Related terms: goosebump, on end
    Sense id: en-stand_on_end-en-verb-lS98HWAg
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      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "esborronar"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "arrufar-se"
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      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "zu Berge stehen"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "égnek áll"
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      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
      "word": "horreō"
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      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
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      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
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      "word": "stawać dęba"
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      "sense": "to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear",
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  "word": "stand on end"
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