stand guard/watch

: to support oneself on the feet in an erect position

: to be a specified height when fully erect

: to rise to an erect position

: a halt for defense or resistance

: an often defensive effort of some duration or degree of success

: a stop made to give a performance

: one assigned to protect or oversee another: such as

: a person or a body of persons on sentinel duty

: troops attached to the person of the sovereign

: to protect an edge of with an ornamental border

: to protect from danger especially by watchful attention : make secure

: to stand at the entrance of as if on guard or as a barrier

: to keep vigil as a devotional exercise

: to be awake during the night

: to be attentive or vigilant

: the act of keeping awake to guard, protect, or attend

: the state of being wakeful

: a wake over a dead body