Is there enough fast food in the world? That's why your challenge in Stand o' Food is to make more of it. Luckily this food-themed Time.
'pause, delay,' Old English, from the root of (v.). Meaning 'place of standing, position' is from c.1300; figurative sense is from 1590s. Sense of 'action of standing or coming to a position' is attested from late 14c., especially in reference to fighting. Meaning 'raised platform for a hunter or sportsman' is attested from c.1400. Sense of 'stall or booth' is first recorded c.1500. Military meaning 'complete set' (of arms, colors, etc.) is from 1721, often a collective singular. Sense of 'standing growth of trees' is 1868, American English.
Theatrical sense of 'each stop made on a performance tour' is from 1896. The word was formerly also slang for 'an erection' (1867).