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hold1 /hōld/ transitive verb (hōldˈing; pat held; pap held, and obsolete hōldˈen)- To keep
- To have
- To grasp
- To have in one's possession, keeping or power
- To sustain
- To defend successfully
- To maintain
- To assert authoritatively
- To think, believe
- To occupy
- To pass on a title to
- To bind
- To contain
- To have a capacity of
- To enclose
- To confine
- To restrain
- To detain
- To retain
- To reserve
- To keep the attention of
- To catch
- To stop
- To continue
- To persist in
- To celebrate, observe
- To conduct
- To carry on
- To convoke and carry on
- To esteem or consider
- To aim, direct
- To endure
- To bet (archaic)
intransitive verb- To grasp
- To remain fixed
- To be true or unfailing
- To continue unbroken or unsubdued
- To remain valid
- To continue, to persist
- To adhere
- To derive right
- When making a telephone call, to wait, without replacing the receiver, eg to be connected to a person one wants to speak to (also hold the line)
noun- An act or manner of holding
- Grip
- Power of gripping
- Tenacity
- A thing held
- A place of confinement
- Custody
- Stronghold
- (a sign for) a pause (music)
- An order to keep in reserve (a room, etc) or to suspend (operations) (N American)
- A means of influencing or controlling
ORIGIN: OE haldan (WSax healdan); OHGer haltan, Gothic haldan holdˈer noun holdˈing noun - Anything held
- A farm managed for its owner
- Hold
- Influence
- Intensive embracing and prolonged eye contact as a technique for developing intimacy between parent (esp mother) and child, claimed by some to be a cure for autism (psychiatry)
- Stacking (of aircraft waiting to land)
- Tenure (Scots law)
- The burden of a song (Shakespeare)
- (in pl) property owned (eg land or investments)
holdˈall noun An accommodating receptacle for clothes, etc, esp a large strong bag holdˈback noun - A check
- A strap joining the breeching to the shaft of a vehicle
- Something withheld, esp money (see also hold back below)
hold 'em see Texas hold 'em under Texas holdˈerbat noun (building) A metal collar formed from two semicircular parts which can be clamped together round a pipe, with a projecting piece for fixing to a wall holdˈfast noun - That which holds fast
- A long nail
- A catch
- A plant's fixing organ other than a root
holding company noun An industrial company that owns and controls part or all of one or more other companies, usu without having a direct hand in production holding ground noun Any part of the seabed where an anchor will hold holding operation noun A course of action designed to preserve the status quo holding pattern noun A specific course which aircraft are instructed to follow when waiting to land holdˈout noun (informal) - Refusal to agree to something or to take part in an activity
- A person who refuses in this way
holdˈover noun (N American) - Someone or something held over
- A leftover, relic
holdˈ-up noun - An attack with a view to robbery
- A highwayman
- An act or state of holding up
- A stoppage
- (in pl) women's stockings worn without a suspender belt, supported by elasticated tops
get hold of - To obtain
- To get in touch with
hold a call or put a call on hold To delay completing a direct connection between a caller and the telephone number or person that they are trying to reach, keeping the caller waiting, eg until the line is clear, or the person sought can come to a telephone hold against (informal) To remember as a failing or as a misdemeanour on the part of hold back - To restrain
- To hesitate
- To keep in reserve (holdˈback noun)
hold by - To believe in
- To act in accordance with
hold down - To restrain
- To keep (a job) by carrying out its duties efficiently, esp in spite of difficulties
hold forth - To put forward
- To show
- To speak in public, to declaim
hold good To remain the case hold hands - (of two people) to be hand in hand or clasping both of each other's hands
- (of several people) each to clasp the hand of the person on either side, thus forming a line, circle, etc
hold hard! Stop! hold in - To restrain, check
- To restrain oneself
hold it! - Keep the position exactly!
- Stop!
hold of (Prayer Book) To regard hold off - To keep at a distance
- To refrain (from)
hold on - To persist in something
- To continue
- To cling
- To keep (with to)
- Stop (imperative)
- To wait a bit
hold one's hands up To admit one is at fault hold one's own - To maintain one's position
- (in the course of an illness) not to fail or lose strength
hold one's peace or one's tongue To keep silence hold out - To endure, last
- To continue resistance
- To offer
hold out for To wait determinedly for (something one wants or has asked for) hold out on (informal) To keep information, money, etc from hold over - To postpone
- To keep possession of (land or a house beyond the term of agreement)
hold (someone) in hand To amuse in order to gain some advantage hold the line - See hold (vi) above
- To persist or maintain one's position while under pressure
hold the road (of a vehicle) to remain stable and under the driver's control, eg in wet weather, at high speeds or on bends hold to or hold someone to To keep, or make someone keep (a promise), adhere to (a decision), etc hold together - To remain united
- To cohere
hold up - To raise
- To keep back
- To endure
- To bring to, or keep at, a standstill
- To stop and rob
- To rob by threatening assault
hold up one's head To face the world with self-respect hold water see under water hold with - To take sides with, support
- To approve of
keep hold of To maintain one's possession of or grip on no holds barred Not observing any rules of fair play (noˈ-holds-barredˈ adjective) on hold - Postponed
- In abeyance
- Waiting to be connected
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