withheldadj.
/wɪðˈhɛld/, /wɪθˈhɛld/, U.S. /wɪθˈhɛld/, /wɪðˈhɛld/ Kept or held back.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [adjective] > kept
withheld1753
held1820
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adjective] > suppressed or restrained
suppressed1536
retent1568
self-restrained1700
buttoned-up1767
self-restraining1777
self-repressed1814
reserveful1827
self-repressing1849
withheld1914
1753–4 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xxviii. 177 My with~held breath raised my complexion, and swelled my features.
1914 A. Rives World's-end (ed. 6) xl His face had a curious, withheld look as he stooped to kiss her.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1753- to take vengeance
- to take vent
- to take view of
- to take wages
- to take wall
- to take warning
- to take warrant on oneself
- to take water
- to take way of
- to take weapon in hand
- to take wet
- to take what one can find
- to take what one can get
- to take where one can find it
- to take where one can get it
- to take wherever one can find it
- to take wherever one can get it
- to take wind
- to take wine
- to take wing
- to take wing a or one's flight
- to take winter
- to take with
- to take with one
- to take with the foot