hold

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
2. (transitive) To contain or store.
3. (transitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
4. (transitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
5. (transitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
6. (transitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
7. (copulative, intransitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
8. (copulative, intransitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
9. (transitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
10. (transitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
11. (imperative, intransitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
12. (intransitive) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
13. To maintain or keep to a position or state.
14. (transitive) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
15. (transitive) 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. (archaic) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
19. (ambitransitive) 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. (archaic) To derive right or title.
23. (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
24. (intransitive, 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. (dated) 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.

Synonyms

grasp

keep

contain

seize

grip

catch

carry

take

have

support

bear

🐻

maintain

grab

retain

possess

occupy

clasp

clutch

control

restrain

embrace

arrest

touch

own

accommodate

delay

preserve

sustain

hang onto

cling

reserve

save

capture

include

stick

stand

detain

handle

give

hug

take hold of

clench

hold up

organize

pick up

consider

conduct

confine

endure

check

Translations

tenir

segurar

halten

retenir

houden

tenere

garder

maintenir

détenir

vasthouden

conserver

guardar

ter

conservar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/həʊld/

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: hâlde

Cognate with Low German: holden

Cognate with Dutch: houden

Cognate with German: halten

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: holde

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: halda

Cognate with Latin: celer

Cognate with Tokharian B: käl-

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κέλλω

Cognate with Sanskrit: कलयति

Cognate with Dutch: hol

Cognate with Dutch: holte

In summary

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”). Doublet of halt.
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

I hold the power of life and death for every person I take with me .

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

Hold the hammer near the end to drive the nail .

Bendigo residents today hold their Chinese Community in the highest esteem .

Republicans hold all but two of Bollinger County's elected positions .