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[v1,vt]
▶ to set on end (hair, fur, etc.) ▶ to make stand on end ▶ to bristle ▶ to ruffle (up) ▶ to raise (one's eyebrows) |
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| 3. | A 2025-12-12 23:43:47 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5, prog, luminous |
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| Diff: | @@ -13,0 +14 @@ +<gloss>to make stand on end</gloss> @@ -15 +15,0 @@ -<gloss>to make stand on end</gloss> @@ -16,0 +17 @@ +<gloss>to raise (one's eyebrows)</gloss> |
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| 2. | A 2025-12-12 11:03:25 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | GG5: set on end; bristle (up); erect 中辞典: bristle 《its ruff》; ruffle up 《its feathers》 Eij: 毛髪を逆立てる〔人の〕 : make someone's hair stand on end 逆立て 22124 を逆立て 16612 |
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| Comments: | Maybe this works. |
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| Diff: | @@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<gloss>to make stand on end</gloss> |
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| 1. | A* 2025-12-11 19:00:24 Sombrero1 | |
| Refs: | https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=stand+here,stand+it+there,stand+it+on,stand+it+next+to,stand+next+to,stand+on+end,stand+my+hair+on+end&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=stand+my+hair+on+end,set+my+hair+on+end,stand+his+hair+on+end,set+his+hair+on+end,stand+her+hair+on+end,set+her+hair+on&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true These ngrams are obviously not a perfect reference, but I think they convey the gist well enough. . |
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| Comments: | I'm fairly certain that transitive usage of "stand" is much less common than intransitive usage in modern English. Given that I think it can just be replaced with GG5's first gloss, which seems clearer to me. |
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| Diff: | @@ -13 +13 @@ -<gloss>to stand on end (hair, fur)</gloss> +<gloss>to set on end (hair, fur, etc.)</gloss> |
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