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English Dictionary: hold on	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hold on
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold on v hold firmly Synonym(s): grasp, hold on stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" Synonym(s): hold on, stop be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" Synonym(s): persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder" Synonym(s): hang on, hold the line, hold on retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" Synonym(s): keep, hold on Antonym(s): lose
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.