gainstand (English, verb)
expansion: gainstand (third-person singular simple present gainstands, present participle gainstanding, simple past and past participle gainstood)
Senses:
glosses: To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand.
tags: UK
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To make or offer resistance.
tags: UK
dialectal
intransitive
Forms:
form: gainstands
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gainstanding
tags: participle
present
form: gainstood
tags: participle
past
form: gainstood
tags: past
form: ganestand
tags: alternative