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What (who) is hold - definition
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Hold (disambiguation)
hold
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Hold (disambiguation)
I
n.
grip
1) to catch, get, grab, lay, seize, take hold of
2) to keep hold of
3) to relax one's hold
4) a firm, strong hold
type of wrestling grip
5) to break a hold
control, domination
6) to relinquish one's hold
7) a hold over (they refused to relinquish their hold over this area)
waiting, esp. on the telephone
8) to put smb. on hold
II
v.
1) ('to keep') to hold high (to hold one's head high; also fig.)
2) (d; tr.) to hold against ('to take into account') (we will not hold your past blunders against you; they held his criminal record against him)
3) (d; intr.) to hold onto ('to seize and cling to') (hold onto my arm)
4) (d; intr.) ('to adhere') to hold to (to hold to the terms of a contract)
5) (d; tr.) ('to make smb. adhere') to hold to (they held us to the terms of the contract)
6) (d; tr.) ('to restrict') to hold to (we held the visiting team to a tie)
7) (d; intr.) ('to agree') to hold with (I don't hold with his ideas)
8) (L) ('to assert') we hold that these truths are self-evident
9) (M) ('to consider') we hold him to be responsible
10) (N; used with an adjective) ('to consider'); ('to keep') to hold smb. responsible; she held the ladder steady; they hold life cheap
III
n.
interior of a ship below decks
in the hold
Hold
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Hold (disambiguation)
·noun Binding power and influence.
II. Hold ·noun The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
III. Hold ·noun Something that may be grasped; means of support.
IV. Hold ·n.i. To derive right or title;
- generally with of.
V. Hold ·n.i. To restrain one's self; to Refrain.
VI. Hold ·noun A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
VII. Hold ·vt To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
VIII. Hold ·n.i. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
IX. Hold ·noun A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle;
- often called a stronghold.
X. Hold ·noun The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
XI. Hold ·n.i. In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:.
XIII. Hold ·n.i. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to Cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
XIV. Hold ·noun A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged;
- called also pause, and corona.
XV. Hold ·vt To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to Confine; to Restrain.
XVI. Hold ·vt To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
XVII. Hold ·vt To Have; to Possess; to be in possession of; to Occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
XVIII. Hold ·vt To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to Continue; to Sustain.
XIX. Hold ·vt To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to Keep; to Defend.
XX. Hold ·vt To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to Maintain; to Sustain.
XXI. Hold ·noun The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession;
- often used with the verbs take and lay.
XXII. Hold ·n.i. Not to fail or be found wanting; to Continue; to Last; to endure a test or trial; to Abide; to Persist.
XXIV. Hold ·vt To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to Sustain; to Restrain; to keep in the grasp; to Retain.
XXV. Hold ·vt To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, ·etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
hold
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Hold (disambiguation)
Space below the deck of a ship that is used to carry cargo. The holds of a ship are numbered for purposes of cargo identification and location.
Examples of use of hold
1. "There is no need … to hold talks or hold tenders.
2. "When the Kurds hold on to something, they hold on to it strongly," she said.
3. Most French workers hold a permanent contract and can plan to hold their jobs until retirement.
4. That I try to hold my fire." She didn‘t have to hold it for long.
5. From Michelle‘s point of view, Troy can hold a toothbrush, but he can‘t hold a job.