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English Dictionary: hold	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for hold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold n the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing" Synonym(s): clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" Synonym(s): appreciation, grasp, hold power by which something or someone is affected or dominated; "he has a hold over them" time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" Synonym(s): delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" Synonym(s): detention, detainment, hold, custody a stronghold a cell in a jail or prison Synonym(s): hold, keep the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" Synonym(s): handle, grip, handgrip, hold the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo Synonym(s): cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area v keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" Synonym(s): keep, maintain, hold have or hold in one's hands or grip; "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of him" Synonym(s): hold, take hold Antonym(s): let go, let go of, release, relinquish organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" Synonym(s): hold, throw, have, make, give have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" Synonym(s): have, have got, hold keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self- evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" Synonym(s): deem, hold, view as, take for maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment" Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" Synonym(s): restrain, confine, hold secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree" Synonym(s): retain, hold, keep back, hold back have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade" Synonym(s): bear, hold be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?" Synonym(s): hold, support, sustain, hold up contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" Synonym(s): hold, bear, carry, contain have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" Synonym(s): accommodate, hold, admit remain in a certain state, position, or condition; "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching" support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" Synonym(s): hold, carry, bear be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds" Synonym(s): prevail, hold, obtain assert or affirm; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good" have as a major characteristic; "The novel holds many surprises"; "The book holds in store much valuable advise" be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" Synonym(s): contain, take, hold arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" Synonym(s): reserve, hold, book protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" Synonym(s): defend, guard, hold bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" Synonym(s): oblige, bind, hold, obligate hold the attention of; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound" remain committed to; "I hold to these ideas" resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held" Synonym(s): defy, withstand, hold, hold up be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" Synonym(s): apply, hold, go for stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" Synonym(s): control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate keep from departing; "Hold the taxi"; "Hold the horse" take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week" cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" Synonym(s): halt, hold, arrest cover as for protection against noise or smell; "She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate"; "hold one's nose" drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" Synonym(s): carry, hold aim, point, or direct; "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames" declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" Synonym(s): declare, adjudge, hold be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" Synonym(s): agree, hold, concur, concord Antonym(s): differ, disagree, dissent, take issue keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hold \Hold\, v. t. {To hold up}. To stop in order to rob, often with the demand to hold up the hands. [Colloq.] Hole \Hole\, n. (Games) (a) A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole, as in golf. (b) (Fives) At Eton College, England, that part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corona \Coro"na\ (k?-r?"n?), n.; pl. L. {Coron[91]} (-n[?]), E. {Coronas} (-n[?]z). [L. corona crown. See {Crown}.] 1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services. 2. (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of {Column}. 3. (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin. 5. (Astrol.) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon. 6. (Bot.) (a) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil. (b) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ. 7. (Meteorol.) (a) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon. (b) A peculiar phase of the {aurora borealis}, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle. 8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold* tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also {corona lucis}. --Fairholt. 9. (Mus.) A character [[pause]] called the {pause} or {hold}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hold \Hold\, n. [D. hol hole, hollow. See {Hole}.] (Naut.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hold \Hold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[86]lla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf. {Avast}, {Halt}, {Hod}.] 1. 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. The loops held one curtain to another. --Ex. xxxvi. 12. Thy right hand shall hold me. --Ps. cxxxix. 10. They all hold swords, being expert in war. --Cant. iii. 8. In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. --Spenser. France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. --Shak. 2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. --Milton. 3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office. This noble merchant held a noble house. --Chaucer. Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. --Knolles. And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. --Dryden. 4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. We can not hold mortality's strong hand. --Shak. Death! what do'st? O,hold thy blow. --Grashaw. He hat not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue. --Macaulay. 5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. Hold not thy peace, and be not still. --Ps. lxxxiii. 1. Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. --Milton. 6. 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. I would hold more talk with thee. --Shak. 7. 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. Broken cisterns that can hold no water. --Jer. ii. 13. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. --Shak. 8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. --2 Thes. ii.15. But still he held his purpose to depart. --Dryden. 9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge. I hold him but a fool. --Shak. I shall never hold that man my friend. --Shak. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. --Ex. xx. 7. 10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high. Let him hold his fingers thus. --Shak. {To hold a wager}, to lay or hazard a wager. --Swift. {To hold forth}, to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. [bd]The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach.[b8] --Locke. {To held in}, to restrain; to curd. {To hold in hand}, to toy with; to keep in expectation; to have in one's power. [Obs.] O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And hold a lady in hand. --Beaw. & Fl. {To hold in play}, to keep under control; to dally with. --Macaulay. {To hold off}, to keep at a distance. {To hold on}, to hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. {To hold one's day}, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To hold one's own}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hold \Hold\, n. 1. 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. Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. --Chaucer. Thou should'st lay hold upon him. --B. Jonson. My soul took hold on thee. --Addison. Take fast hold of instruction. --Pror. iv. 13. 2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. The law hath yet another hold on you. --Shak. 3. Binding power and influence. Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. --Tillotson. 4. Something that may be grasped; means of support. If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. --Bacon. 5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. --Acts. iv. 3. King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. --Shak. 6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a {stronghold}. --Chaucer. New comers in an ancient hold --Tennyson. 7. (Mus.) A character [thus [?]] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also {pause}, and {corona}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hold \Hold\, n. i. In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence: 1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative. And damned be him that first cries, [bd]Hold, enough![b8] --Shak. 2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. Our force by land hath nobly held. --Shak. 3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. While our obedience holds. --Milton. The rule holds in land as all other commodities. --Locke. 4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. He will hold to the one and despise the other. --Matt. vi. 24 5. To restrain one's self; to refrain. His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled. --Dryden. 6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of. My crown is absolute, and holds of none. --Dryden. His imagination holds immediately from nature. --Hazlitt. {Hold on!} {Hold up!} wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- {To hold forth}, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. --L'Estrange. {To hold in}, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. {To hold off}, to keep at a distance. {To hold on}, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. [bd]The trade held on for many years,[b8] --Swift. {To hold out}, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way. {To hold over}, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date. {To hold to [or] with}, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. {To hold together}, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. --Dryden. --Locke. {To hold up}. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. --Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. --Collier.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hold a fortress, the name given to David's lurking-places (1 Sam. 22:4, 5; 24:22).