hold

Meaning

Verb

1. To grasp or grip.
2. To contain or store.
3. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
4. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
5. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
6. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
7. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
8. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
9. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
10. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
11. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
12. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
13. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
14. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
15. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
16. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
17. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
18. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
19. To win one's own service game.
20. To take place, to occur.
21. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
22. To derive right or title.
23. In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
24. (slang) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.

Noun

1. A grasp or grip.
2. An act or instance of holding.
3. A place where animals are held for safety
4. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
5. Something reserved or kept.
6. Power over someone or something.
7. The ability to persist.
8. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
9. A position or grip used to control the opponent.
10. An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
11. The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
12. The wager amount, the total hold.
13. An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
14. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
15. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
16. A pause facility.
17. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
18. 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.
19. A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.

Noun

The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).

Adj

Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.

Concepts

hold

grasp

keep

contain

seize

grip

catch

carry

take

have

support

bear

maintain

grab

retain

possess

occupy

clasp

restrain

clutch

control

embrace

arrest

touch

own

accommodate

preserve

delay

hang onto

sustain

include

cling

save

reserve

capture

stick

take hold of

give

handle

stand

hug

detain

organize

clench

deem

endure

check

pick up

consider

think

hold up

confine

conduct

admit

comprise

clutches

pinch

store

lift

book

make

entertain

halt

hold back

hinder

stop

stay

hold on to

perform

stage

get

adhere

fit

command

domination

nurse

cling to

believe

defend

harbor

have got

keep back

custody

enclose

put

cause

cause to take place

provoke

fill

deliver

clinch

apprehend

obtain

continue

last

catch hold of

cradle

run

conserve

wait

agree

bind

throw

harbour

curb

hold in

apply

withstand

cargo hold

appreciation

detainment

detention

postponement

constrain

prevent

rule

house

uphold

take in

receive

cherish

keep up

retention

withhold

pin

follow

place

carry out

hold on

buy

engage

give rise to

inflict

pose

result in

wreak

provide

judge

be

seizure

inside

authority

order

inhibit

be of the opinion

feel

charge

cover

begin

pounce on

snap

snatch

swoop

raise

pack

convey

take for

view as

concord

concur

adjudge

declare

obligate

oblige

guard

take hold

moderate

prevail

go for

defy

cargo area

cargo deck

storage area

handgrip

time lag

repress

cell

cuddle

cease

refrain

enfold

clip

push aside

shoulder

shove

possession

hide

purchase

esteem

prop

collar

keep in

conceive

keep to oneself

stronghold

brace

lock

tote

be in the way

block

grab onto

hunt

utilize

care for

bite

bottle up

wield

bearhug

hold in arms

arrange

hold out

apprehension

feeling

perception

understanding

wear

develop

realize

through

reach

remain

abstain

identify

locate

position

set

situate

spot

inhabit

involve

act as agent

act as go-between

procure

purvey

supply

fermata

entangle

estimate

rate

attract

hold one’s breath

cavity

crevice

hole

hollow

socket

snares

toils

will

develop symptoms of

show signs of

account for

lay one’s hands on

be durable

keep well

wear well

barricade oneself in

be besieged

dig in

shut oneself up

in charge

keep possession

hatch

point

nestle

adhere to

acquire

take possession of forcefully

linger

put by

set aside

be loaded with

burden

heave

be filled up with

be loaded up with

load

cunning

deviousness

slyness

subtleness

trick

carry something on one’s waist

enter into possession

be capable for holding

have a capacity for

lead

maintain one’s status

renew

repair

back up

prop up

stand by

have patience

thing to hold by

celebrate

grapevine

knob

strap

hilt

shaft

foothold

toehold

handhold

anchorage

advantage

anchor

fastener

take charge of

cubicle

vault

bidding

coercion

compulsion

constraint

dictation

direction

dominion

exaction

government

regulation

supervision

be composed of

regard

desist

peg

staple

adjourn

postpone

prolong

shelve

be erect

earmark

tag

tenancy

tenure

keep quiet

influence

controlling force

sway

dominance

mastery

power

ascendancy

bond

leverage

be of opinion

holt

bring

commandeer

impress

lay hands upon

take prisoner

digest

attachment

ownership

confinement

imprisonment

pause

keep in the hand

have in the hand

shore

remain tied

remain bound

stay fixed

unite

have a capacity of

restrain oneself

forbear

give over

have in mind

keep in mind

accept

take possession of

have with one

be full of

lean on

storeroom

pickle

master

arrestment

deduction

internment

lockup

reservation

intern

keep to

put into order

forbid

impede

interrupt

obstruct

prohibit

assimilate

convince

perceive

breed

bring up

educate

raise children

rear

come over

corral

hook

mesh

nip

tackle

fastening

grapple

govern

keep down

call hold

put on

grasped

laid

seized

sieze

meeting

conservation

preservation

staticize

holdfast

holding

corresponding period

synchronism

synchronization

recipience

recipiency

maintenance

make good

firmly believe

take out

balance

sear

hold in one’s arms

hold fast to

nab

get stuck

sink

enter

in possession of

firm hold

direct

do

cope

slow

preside

head

fiddle with

stable

become

posses

shake hands

bit

stitch

hand

loading space

adjust

array

caucus

collate

coordinate

dispose

distribute

dress

fix

fix up

line up

marshal

mount

orchestrate

organise

program

put up

sequence

stagger

straighten

tee up

unclutter

unravel

bear off

carry off

carry to term

gestate

porter

range

attitude

belief

conception

conceptualisation

conceptuality

conceptualization

estimation

idea

insight

notion

realization

behold

eye

look

see

spectate

take a look

view

watch

castling

citadel

fastness

fort

fortification

fortress

munition

seat

carry weight

come

constitute

dwell

go

lend

lie

make up

number

olla

repose

represent

reside

rest

sit

total

commit

dedicate

approach

excerpt

extract

stopping

show off

deduct

distrain

immobilise

appeal

challenge

contest

impugn

lean

exercise

start

not let go

embody

ceremony

pan

clog

cabin

interfere with

waste

help out

wrap

in effect

in force

open

valid

crowd

nuzzle

surround

net

trap

holds

search

beat

recoup

recapture

taking into custody

withholding

assign

hold down

hold water

like

look on

love

regard as

repute

take place

tend

treat

hold one’s own

remain firm

sit tight

incorporate

interception

stay in place

stay put

stick around

stick to

stick with

appease

calm

calm down

mollify

pacify

quiet

sedate

soothe

tranquilize

tranquillise

tranquillize

bilge

hold over

lay away

perpetuate

implicate

subsume

bastille

chokey

choky

clink

hoosgow

prison house

lobby

retard

converge

ditto

have intercourse

join

cognizance

comprehension

discernment

intellect

intuitive feeling

ken

penetration

savvy

observe

stand firm

prehend

hold tight

collect

persist

resume

betake

clamp

use

tie

cooperate

attack

Pronounced as (IPA)

/həʊld/

Etymology

Derived from Middle English holden, derived from Old English healdan, derived from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, derived from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to tend, herd”), maybe derived from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”).
cognates
*West Frisian hâlde
*Low German holden, holen
*Dutch houden
*German halten
*Danish
*Norwegian Bokmål holde
*Norwegian Nynorsk halda.
Compare Latin celer (“quick”), Tocharian B käl- (“to goad, drive”), Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō, “to drive”), Sanskrit कलयति (kalayati, “to impel”).

Sentences

Try to make eye contact with a stranger on the bus , and hold it for five seconds , without speaking .