Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
To keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or abolishing it; to preserve.
To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
To keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from leaving.
To declare (a sin) not forgiven.
To keep in control or possession; to continue having.
To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
(obsolete) To refrain from doing something.
(obsolete) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
(obsolete) To continue, to remain.

(obsolete) An act of holding or keeping something; a possession, a retention.
(obsolete) Synonym of retinue (“a group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important”)