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Meaning
Verb
●
To
grasp
or grip.
●
To
contain
or store.
●
To
maintain
or
keep to
a
position
or state.
To have and keep
possession
of something.
To reserve.
To cause to
wait
or delay.
To detain.
To keep
oneself
in a particular state.
To
impose
restraint
upon; to
limit
in
motion
or
action
; to
bind
legally
or
morally
; to
confine
; to restrain.
To
bear
,
carry
, or manage.
Not to
move
; to
halt
; to stop.
Not to
give way
; not to part or become
separated
; to
remain
unbroken
or unsubdued.
To
remain
continent
; to control an
excretory
bodily
function.
●
To
maintain
or
keep to
a
position
or state.
To be or
remain
valid
; to
apply
(usually in the
third
person).
●
To
maintain
or
keep to
particular
opinions
,
promises
, actions.
To
maintain
, to
consider
, to opine.
To
bind
(someone) to a
consequence
of his
or her actions.
To
maintain
in being or
action
; to
carry on
; to
prosecute
, as a
course
of
conduct
or an
argument
; to
continue
; to sustain.
To
accept
, as an
opinion
; to be the
adherent
of,
openly
or
privately
; to
persist
in, as a
purpose
; to
maintain
; to sustain.
To
restrain
oneself
; to
refrain
; to
hold
back.
●
In Tennis:
To
win
one's
own service game.
●
To
take place
, to occur.
●
To
organise
an
event
or
meeting
(usually in
passive
voice).
●
To
derive
right or title.
●
In a food or
drink
order at an
informal
restaurant
etc;
requesting
that a
component
normally
included
in that
order be omitted.
●
To be in
possession
of
illicit
drugs
for sale.
Noun
●
A
grasp
or grip.
●
An
act
or
instance
of holding.
●
A place where
animals
are
held
for safety
●
An order that something is to be
reserved
or
delayed
,
limiting
or
preventing
how it can be
dealt
with.
●
Something
reserved
or kept.
●
Power over someone or something.
●
The ability to persist.
●
In Hair:
The
property
of
maintaining
the
shape
of
styled
hair.
●
In Wrestling:
A
position
or
grip
used to control the opponent.
●
In Exercise:
An
exercise
involving
holding
a
position
for a set time
●
The
percentage
the
house
wins
on a
gamble
, the
house
or bookmaker's hold.
●
The
wager
amount, the total hold.
●
In Tennis:
An
instance
of
holding
one's
service game
,
as opposed to
being broken.
●
The part of an
object
one is
intended
to
grasp
,
or anything
one can use for
grasping
with
hands
or feet.
●
A
fruit machine
feature
allowing
one or more of the
reels
to
remain
fixed
while the others spin.
●
In Video games:
A
pause
facility.
●
The
queueing
system on
telephones
and
similar
communication systems which
maintains
a
connection
when all
lines
are busy.
●
In Baseball:
A
statistic
awarded
to a
relief pitcher
who is not still
pitching
at the
end of
the game
and who
records
at least
one out and
maintains
a lead for his team.
●
In Aviation:
A
region
of
airspace
reserved
for
aircraft
being
kept in
a
holding
pattern.
●
In Aviation & Nautical:
The
cargo
area of a
ship
or
aircraft
(often
holds
or
cargo
hold).
Adj
●
Gracious;
friendly
;
faithful
; true.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
hold
English
hold
Middle English (1100-1500)
hold
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
holden
Middle English (1100-1500)
healdan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Clasp
Own
Happen
Grasp
Grip
Possess
Support
Held
Persevere
Anchor
Stop
Power
Desist
Cease
Antonyms
Release
Break
Abandon
Related
Hang
Carry
Take
Grab
Keep
Lock
Retain
Pass
Pull
Bring
Push
Stand
Sell
Latch
Maintain
Put
Accept
Rub
Squeeze
Draw
Handle
Store
Place
Catch
Acquire
Leave
Share
Contain
Lose
Give
Attach
Check
Represent
Shake
Occupy
Offer
Touch
Make
Transfer
Receive
Move
Obtain
Position
Control
Add
Bear
Have
Assume
Call
Display
Freeze
Cover
Drop
Turn
Throw
Clamp
Tie
Buy
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Rhymes
Old
Gold
Hold
Gold
Bold
Cold
Told
Wold
Sold
Mold
Fold
Holed
Scold
Mould
Foaled
Tolled
Rolled
Inhold
Untold
Unfold
Bowled
Resold
Polled
Coaled
Paroled
Trolled
Shoaled
Cuckold
Withhold
Patrolled
Uncontrolled
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