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English Dictionary: hold up	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hold up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hold up v 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 hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" Synonym(s): delay, detain, hold up Antonym(s): hurry, rush rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat Synonym(s): hold up, stick up continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" Synonym(s): survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out 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 resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" Synonym(s): stand up, hold up, hold water
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.