Held

Definition: Held

Held

Adjective

1. Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination: "enemy-held territory".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "held" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Crosswords: Held

Afrikaan (hero), Danish (luck), Dutch (hero), Faeroese (bond, tie), German (held, hero, protagonist), Icelandic (think).

Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains, or his signature, would be on the contract (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo)

Captain, being held by you isn't quite enough to get me excited (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

She will make you a real boy for I will make her a real woman and all will be right with the world, because you held my hand and saved my brain (Artificial Intelligence: AI; writing credit: Ian Watson)

We held each other (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

I-I held you, held you tight (performing artist: unknown)

The music played, we held each other close (We Danced; performing artist: Brad Paisley)

Oh and when you held my hand (Summer Of '69; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

You're the one who held me up (Because you loved me; performing artist: Celine Dion)

A son was born to me; Mama held his hand, (SOMEDAY NEVER COMES; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Arson Suspect is Held in Massachusetts Fire (references; author: unknown)

A seminar on time travel will be held two weeks ago. (references; author: unknown)

A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. (references; author: unknown)

De held van Austerlitz Mathieu Legros (1974)

Der Held kam aus der Küche (1972)

Ein Wahrer Held (1961)

Der Held meiner Träume (1960)

Held in Trust (1949)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Astrodynamics 1997: Proceedings of the Aas/Aiaa Astrodynamics Conference Held August 4-7, 1997, Sun Valley, Idaho (Advances in the Astronautical scie (reference)

• Space Applications at the Crossroads: Proceedings of Aas Conference Held March 24-25, 1983, at the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, maryl (reference)

• Protection against occupational risks in Europe : problems and prospects : report of a European regional meeting on "current issues in schemes of protection against employment accidents and occupational diseases" : held in Florence from 7 to 9 May 1981 (reference)

• 2nd European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery: Proceedings of Presentations Held in Arles, France, September 11-14, 1990 (reference)

• Peri-Tethyan Platforms: Proceedings of the Ifp/Peri-Tethys Research Conference Held in Arles, France, March 23-25, 1993 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Acquiring Or Selling The Privately Held Company (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• America Held Hostage-The Iran Crisis (reference)

• Held Up (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Held In Shining (reference)

• Held Up (2000 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• The Boy Who Held The World (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cobra HH Road Trip Hand Held CB Radio (reference)

• Wilson/Power Brands WHR50 Sports Hand Held Am/Fm Radio Flashlight (Yellow) (reference)

• Interlink 2-Button Infra-Red Ser Wireless Hand Held Remote Point (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• AJC 070-MS 10" Hand Held Magnetic Sweeper (reference)

• PANASONIC EV299W Hand Held Reach Easy Swing Massager (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured here is an experimental animal being held by a technician. Only the technician's hands and the animal are visible. The technician measures the size of a reaction of the animal due to a recent injection. A measuring device is being used to achieve the measurement. This may have been a test for the possible carcinogenic effect of a chemical. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured is a white nude mouse. The mouse is being held in the rubber-gloved hand of a technician. Nude mice, because of a genetic defect, have no thymus and cannot make certain cells essential for various immune responses. Because of this, they are extremely helpful to scientists working in Immunology Research. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Press conference on Legionnaire's disease held at CDC, Atlanta, GA. Dr. David Sencer, Director, CDC, at podium. Credit: CDC.

U.S. Rep. Elliott Levitas of Ga.'s 5th congressional district at “Senate Hearing on Legionnaires' Disease” held at the CDC in 1977. Credit: CDC.

"The Nimrod Held Up by the Pack Ice". In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 78. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Aquanauts relax inside HYDROLAB; held 4 but only 3 could sleep at one time. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Figure 26. The Leger dredge sounder in the descending position. This sampling device was designed to retain a portion of the captured sample even if a rock held the jaws open after being activated to snap shut. This sounder was tested twenty-two times in 1903 on the PRINCESS ALICE II between depths of 18 and 4560 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Staff Sgt. Hale Lewis, crew chief, works inside the exhaust of a F-16C/D Nov. 12, 2002. He is with the 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Lewis is taking part in this year's Exercise Keen Sword 03 being held in Tsuiki Air Base, Japan.

Contract and finance specialists from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Top Dollar 2000 team aim their 9mm guns at their targets during competition held Dec. 7 to 11 in Gulfport, Miss. (P.; photo by Lynn Gonzales)..

Green beans, fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs, honey, maple syrup, baked and canned goods and other wonderful things are found at the USDA Farmer's Market held on a USDA parking lot every Friday during the growing season. Credit: USDA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Common pleas shall not follow our court, but shall be held in some fixed place. (reference)

Two foundations there are which bear up public societies; the one a natural inclination, whereby all men desire sociable life and fellowship; the other an order, expresly or secretly agreed upon, touching the manner of their union in living together: the latter is that which we call the law of a common- weal, the very soul of a politic body, the parts whereof are by law animated, held together, and set on work in such actions as the common good requireth. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 3: No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. (reference)

Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference)

But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. (reference)

And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. (Abraham Lincoln)

A special meeting shall be held if a written request to that effect is made by at least ten members of the Governing Body. (reference)

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. (reference)

And in Sweatt v. Painter, supra, the Court expressly reserved decision on the question whether Plessy v. Ferguson should be held inapplicable to public education. (reference)

A three-judge District Court, which consolidated the actions, held that Roe and Hallford, and members of their classes, had standing to sue and presented justiciable controversies. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They might be more safely held up as a pattern

So Maggie held her tongue

Scrooge did as he was told, and held it fast

It completelyrevolutionized it. So many mathematical conferences got held in such good restaurants that many of the finest minds of a generation died of obesity and heart failure and the science of math was put back by years

But the minister held it fast

A sort of hideous fascination held him spellbound to the place from which he observed and commanded the whole scene

He held them at a distance and brooded uneasily on his own thought again

Casy found a stick on the ground and held down the tongue with it, and the uneven breath rattled in and out.

She often took me out of my box at my own desire, to give me air and show me the country, but always held me fast by a leading string

I was obliged to hire a team and a man for the plowing, though I held the plow myself

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Parallel sessions are held with family members. (references)

The child should not be held or restrained during a convulsion. (references)

It is easily wrapped around your stomach and held in place under your shirt. (references)

Business

Secret ballots are held when all parties agree. (references)

The remaining 51 percent must be held by UAE nationals. (references)

Hundreds of international exhibitions are held annually. (references)

Children

Mozambique

In 2000 ADEMO held a conference to address the rights of persons with disabilities. (references)

Tajikistan

The conference was held as a follow up to the national conference on child protection. (references)

Pakistan

These children frequently are abused by these landlords and held as bonded laborers for life. (references)

Civil Liberties

Colombia

Angulo was held for 5 months. (references)

Venezuela

Aure was held for 2 days and released. (references)

Ghana

The NRP held its rally at a later date. (references)

Economic History

West Bank

Most savings are held in U.S. dollars. (references)

Mongolia

July 29, 1990: First democratic elections held. (references)

Lesotho

Multiparty elections were again held in May 1998. (references)

Human Rights

Cyprus

They are held with adults. (references)

Maldives

An individual can then be held for 7 days. (references)

Eritrea

Women and men are held in separate facilities. (references)

Indigenous People

Colombia

The Indigenous Organization of Antioquia (OIA) held the AUC responsible. (references)

Malaysia

Logging companies continue to encroach on land traditionally held by Orang Asli and other indigenous groups in the Borneo states. (references)

Thailand

Societal discrimination against hilltribe members, arising from widely held beliefs that they are involved in drug trafficking and environmental degradation, continued. (references)

Minorities

Switzerland

In June Emmen held another vote on the applications of 13 foreigners for citizenship. (references)

Kenya

For years Muslims and Christians have held an open debate over their respective places in society. (references)

Canada

Public hearings were held across the province and the Commission released its final report in August. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Minors often are held with adults. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The NDP had held power for 16 years. (references)

Vietnam

Party Congresses are held every five years. (references)

Political Rights

Georgia

Two women held ministerial posts. (references)

Lebanon

No woman has ever held a cabinet position. (references)

Paraguay

Gubernatorial elections were held in April. (references)

Trade

Japan

In FY 1999, Japanese consumers held over 226 million credit cards. (references)

Uk

The file must be held available for inspection for a ten-year period. (references)

Georgia

Foreign exchange can be held in bank notes or on deposit in designated bank accounts. (references)

Travel

Yemen

These events are held at businessmen's homes where guests sit on cushions on the floor. (references)

Uae

Business meetings are rarely, if ever, held on Thursday afternoon or Friday which UAE nationals value as family time. (references)

Sri Lanka

The AmCham also organizes and sponsors the American Trade Fair, held once every 18 to 24 months, with Embassy support. (references)

Women

Kuwait

The Kuwaiti woman was being held in prison without bail at year's end. (references)

United Arab Emirates

In rare cases, children are held in other facilities until the mother's release. (references)

Taiwan

Several of the alleged victim's coworkers held a press conference to demand action. (references)

Worker Rights

Slovak Republic

Local unions also held strike alerts. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

The funds currently are held in a trust. (references)

Yugoslavia

Agricultural workers held strikes as well. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Held up

Expressions using "held": be held ♦ be held as an example ♦ be held captive ♦ be held in bad repute ♦ be held in captivity ♦ be held in high esteem ♦ be held in high repute ♦ be held in thrall ♦ be held incommunicado ♦ be held up ♦ being held ♦ closely held company ♦ closely held corporation ♦ closely held shares ♦ held ball ♦ held covered ♦ held dear ♦ held line ♦ held stock ♦ held up ♦ held water ♦ management/closely held shares ♦ person who has held a doctorate for fifty years ♦ privately held corporation ♦ property held jointly by husband and wife ♦ stocks held ♦ tin metal held ♦ To held in ♦ widely held ♦ widow's right to property held jointly. Additional references.

Beginning with "held": held-a, held-at, held-back, held-forward, held-in, held-off, held-out, held-over, held-up.

Ending with "held": british-held, commonly-held, conservative-held, english-held, government-held, labour-held, long-held, muslim-held, npfl-held, privately-held, rebel-held, serb-held, strongly-held, tory-held, widely-held.

Containing "held": hand-held computer, Hand-held Personal Computer.

Arabic 

‏مكمول, ‏مقبوض (caught, grasped). (various references)

Bulgarian 

държа (conserve, hold, keep, maintain, nurse, own, poise, stand on, stick to, sway). (various references)

Chinese 

举行 (Hold). (various references)

Czech

min.èas i příè.min. od hold. (various references)

Danish

Helds oploesning (Held mixture), haefte solidarisk for afgiftens erlaeggelse (to be held jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax), handelsavancer og transportomkostninger,der vedrører varer,som lægges på lager hos brugerne (services of transport and distribution for goods put into stocks held by the users), Helds endeplader (Held terminals), Helds operation (Held operation), Held's pericellulaere endenet (Held ground net), henligger (held over, in abeyance), Helds gangliecellefarvemetode (Held method), de imputerede renter af forsikringstekniske reserver er den del af renten af forsikringstekniske reserver,som tilfalder forsikringstagerne.Selskaberne omfatter livsforsikringsselskaber,autonome og ikke-autonome pensionskasser-undtagen dem,der maatte henho (autonomous and non-autonomous pension funds-other than those classified in the sub-sector social security funds-and accident insurance companies)which is credited to the policy holders, the imputed interest accruing to insurance policy holders is that part of the interest accruing from the technical reserves held by insurers(life insurance companies), formandshvervet udoeves paa skift af... (the office of President shall be held by...in turn), formandshvervet udoeves på skift efter Medlemsstaternes alfabetiske rækkefoelge (in the alphabetical order of the Member States, the office of President shall be held in turn), fordringserhvervelsen,netto,over for den oevrige verden svarer til forskellen mellem aendringen i alle den nationale oekonomis finansielle aktiver og finansielle passiver vis-à-vis den oevrige verden (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w), for trods omdannelsestraegheden at opnaa en ferritisk-perlitisk struktur,afkoeles staalet paa forudbestemt maade:luftafkoeling til 670 grader C,2 timers holdetid og derefter luftafkoeling (held at 670 C for 2 h and then air cooled, in order to obtain a ferrite-pearlite structure, in spite of the slow transformation rate, the steel must be cooled), varebeholdning (inventory, stocks, stocks held), dobbeltmaske (held loop), valutaer som IMF er i besiddelse af (currencies held by the Fund), de aktuarmæssige reserver til dækning af løbende risici hos forsikringsselskaberne kan være:-nettoreserver:dvs.udregnet på basis af nettopræmierne;-statusreserver:dvs.udregnet på basis af præmier plus alle forsikringsselskabernes administrative om (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, calculated on the basis of pure premiums;-inventory;that is, established on the basis of premiums including all administrative costs borne by the insurer, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is), closely held shares (closely held shares), beholdning af tinmetal (tin metal held), adhaesion (adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), acceptere sikkerhedsstillelse opbevaret i et andet land (to take a collateral held abroad), årlig franchise-udstilling (franchise annual show(Europe's main one is held in Paris), Franchise show), fangmaske (held loop), kontraskinne paa egne stoetter (check rail held in position with check chairs), midlertidigt dækket (held covered), medens det er almindeligt at beskytte helikopterdaekket med haandskumslukkere,er der mulighed for at faa installeret et fast anbragt skumsprinkleranlaeg paa selve daekomraadet (whilst it is usual to protect the helideck with hand-held foam branches it would be possible to have a fixed foam deluge system installed in th deck area), ledelsesejede aktier (management/closely held shares), lagre hos producenterne (stocks held by their producers), lagre (store), gruppen finansielle aktiver og passiver over for den oevrige verden med undtagelse af de officeille reserver har til formaal at vise fordringer paa den oevrige verden eksklusive de fordringer,som de monetaere myndigheder ligger inde med som officielle res (and the corresponding liabilities, is intended to show the financial claims against the rest of the world, other than the official reserves, other than those held by the monetary authorities as official monetary reserves, the grouping financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world), lagerbeholdninger (inventory, stocks, stocks held), proevestangen anbringes paa to understoetninger, der enten kan vaere ruller eller have afrundede kanter, og boejes med en dorn. Proevestangen kan fastspaendes ved hjaelp af bakker (the test piece placed on two supports is bent with a mandrel. It can be held in a clamp with a wedge and a counterwedge), stærkt koncentreret aktiemasse og stemmeret (closely held company), stillet i bero (held over, in abeyance), vedhaengskraft (adhesion, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), tilgodehavender for udlandet (assets held abroad, external assets), årlig franchise-opvisning (franchise annual show(Europe's main one is held in Paris), Franchise show), undergruppen omfatter det finansielle guld,som hjemmehoerende enheder ligger inde med,med undtagelse af monetaert guld (except monetary gold, the sub-grouping covers financial gold held by all resident units), lagerforøgelser hos producenter (changes in stocks of goods held by their producers). (various references)

Dutch

het saldo van vorderingen en schulden komt overeen met het verschil tussen de verandering van alle financiële vorderingen van de volkshuishouding op het buitenland enerzijds en de verandering van alle financiële schulden van de volkshuishouding aan het (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w), handels-en vervoersdiensten,die betrekking hebben op goederen die door verbruikers aan hun voorraden werden toegevoegd (services of transport and distribution for goods put into stocks held by the users), het voorzitterschap wordt bij toerbeurt uitgeoefend door... (the office of President shall be held by...in turn), het voorzitterschap wordt bij toerbeurt uitgeoefend in de alfabetische volgorde der deelnemende Staten (in the alphabetical order of the Member States, the office of President shall be held in turn), hoewel het helikopterdek gewoonlijk met handschuimblussers wordt beschermd,kan in het dek ook een vast schuiminundatiesysteem worden ingebouwd (whilst it is usual to protect the helideck with hand-held foam branches it would be possible to have a fixed foam deluge system installed in th deck area), hoofdelijk verplicht zijn de belasting te voldoen (to be held jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax), gedekt gehouden (held covered), aandelen niet in het bezit van het publiek (management/closely held shares), aangehouden (held over, in abeyance), aanwezig tinmetaal (tin metal held), adhesie (adhesion), appel houden voor de passagiers bij het vertrek van het schip (to hold a muster of the passengers held on departure of the ship), bedrag van de uitgesproken veroordelingen (amount of the sums held recoverable), bedrijf waarin één of enkele aandeelhouders een meerderheidsparticipatie hebben (closely held company), de passagiers bij het vertrek van het schip bijeenbrengen (to hold a muster of the passengers held on departure of the ship), de subpost omvat het financiële goud in handen van alle ingezeten eenheden,met uitzondering van het monetaire goud (except monetary gold, the sub-grouping covers financial gold held by all resident units), goederen in consignatie bij de douane (goods held up at the customhouse), franchising show (franchise annual show(Europe's main one is held in Paris), Franchise show), stock (stock), aandelen in het bezit van referentieaandeelhouders (closely held shares), voorraden bij de producenten (stocks held by their producers), wiskundige reserves voor lopende risico's bij verzekeraars kunnen zijn:-nettoreserves,d.w.z.berekend aan de hand van de nettopremies,-inventarisreserves,d.w.z.berekend aan de hand van de premies inclusief alle administratiekosten,met uitzondering van de k (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, calculated on the basis of pure premiums;-inventory;that is, established on the basis of premiums including all administrative costs borne by the insurer, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is), voorraadveranderingen bij de producenten (changes in stocks of goods held by their producers), voorraad (stock, supply), tegoeden in het buitenland (assets held abroad, external assets), te behouden bestrijdingslijn bij bosbrandbestrijding (held line, hold line), losse strijkregel (check rail held in position with check chairs), men buigt de op twee evenwijdige steunrollen geplaastste proefplaat met behulp van een stempel. De proefplaat kan tussen een stut en een tegenstut worden ingeklemd (the test piece placed on two supports is bent with a mandrel. It can be held in a clamp with a wedge and a counterwedge), om,ondanks de lage omzettingssnelheid,toch een ferriet-perliet-structuur te verkrijgen,moet het staal op een speciale wijze worden gekoeld,zoals b.v.koelen tot 670 deg.C,twee uur op deze temperatuur houden en daarna in lucht afkoelen (held at 670 C for 2 h and then air cooled, in order to obtain a ferrite-pearlite structure, in spite of the slow transformation rate, the steel must be cooled), operatie van Held (Held operation), Slotdocument van de Bijeenkomst van Belgrado 1977 van vertegenwoordigers van de deelnemende Staten aan de Conferentie over Veiligheid en Samenwerking in Europa,gehouden op basis van de bepalingen van de Slotakte met betrekking tot de follow-up van de Conf (Concluding Document of the Belgrade Meeting 1977 of representatives of the participating States of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, held on the basis of the provisions of the Final Act relating to the Follow-up to the Conference), een in het buitenland bewaard onderpand accepteren (to take a collateral held abroad). (various references)

Finnish

harvainyhtiö (closely held company), odottaa toimenpiteitä (held over, in abeyance), aineet ja tarvikkeet,keskeneräiset tuotteet,valmiit tuotteet/tavarat (inventory, stocks, stocks held), franchise-messut (franchise annual show(Europe's main one is held in Paris), Franchise show), joutua seisahduksiin (be blocked, be held up, come to a standstill), katsotaan vakuutetuksi (held covered), adheesio (accretion, adhesion, bond, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), määräaikainen (held at stated intervals, regular), yrityksen sisäpiirin omistusosuus (management/closely held shares), säilytyksessä (held over, in abeyance), suppeaomisteinen yhtiö (close company, closely held corporation), tullivarastossa olevat tavarat (goods held up at the customhouse), vaihto-omaisuus (inventory, stocks, stocks and work in progress, stocks held), venytetty silmukka (held loop), vuosittainen franchise-näyttely (franchise annual show(Europe's main one is held in Paris), Franchise show), lähipiirin osake (closely held shares). (various references)

French

tinrent, tenues, tenu, tînmes, ténu. (various references)

German

hielt (kept), held (hero, protagonist), halten (born, borne, cease, clamp, come to a halt, give, halt, hang around, hang onto, hold, hold on to, hold up, keep, keep back, kept, last, maintain, make, pull up, put down, retain, run, save, stay, stick, stop, take, to clamp, to hold, to retain, treat, uphold, wear well), gehalten (kept, unexpended, upheld), festhalten (adherence, capture, cling, conventionalism, detain, emphasize, hold, hold down, hold on, hold on to, holding, intern, keep hold of, record, retain, to hold down, to hold tight, to retain), enthalten (abstain, abstract, comprehend, comprise, contain, covered, embody, enclose, hold, include, restrain, to contain, to enclose, to inclose, to include), bereithalten (have in store, have ready, hold ready, keep ready, to hold ready), beibehalten (keep, keep up, maintain, maintained, retain, retained, to retain). (various references)

Greek 

κράτησα (kept), αόρ. του hold. (various references)

Hebrew 

מוחזק (acknowledged, maintained, recognized, supported). (various references)

Hungarian

tartotta (kept), tartalmaz (comprise, contain, encompass, include, to comprise, to contain, to encompass, to hold, to include, to purport), tartósnak bizonyul (to hold), megvéd (fend, preserve, secure, to defend, to fence, to fend, to hold, to justify, to protect, to save, to shield, to stand by, to vindicate, uphold, vindicate), leköt (absorb, immobilize, obligate, to arrest, to engage, to engross, to hold, to obligate, to peg down, to pledge, to take up, to tie, to tie up), kézben tart (to hold), irányt tart (to hold, to hold one's course, to hold to), igaznak bizonyul (to hold, to prove true), fog (catch, cog, dental, hold, oppress, press, sawed, sawn, shall, sprocket, squeeze, take, teeth, to grab, to grab at, to grab for, to hold, to saw, tooth), birtokol (own, possess, to hold, to hold possession of, to hold sg in demesne, to occupy, to possess), befog (impact, team, to fit on, to harness, to hold, to intercept, to jig-down, to stop). (various references)

Indonesian

diselenggarakan (arranged, concocted, conducted), diadakan (arranged, concocted, conducted). (various references)

Italian

impugnare (contest, grasp, grip, impugn). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

留置郵便 (mail held at the post office), 奉納相撲 (ritual sumo matches held at a shrine), 彼岸 (equinoctial week when Buddhist services are held), 取って置き (object set aside or held in reserve, the best, valued), 槍衾 (line of spears held at the ready), 持ち駒 (a captured piece than can be reused, a person or object held in reserve, available means), 初七日 (memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death), 紅白歌合戦 (annual singing contest held on New Year's Eve), 鳥追い (driving off birds, procession held at New Year's), 行われる (to be done, to be held, to be practiced, to prevail, to take place), 追善 (Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death, mass for the dead), 達磨忌 (ceremony held in honor of Bodhidharma), 開催地 (place where a meetingis held), 金玉が上がったり下ったり (be held in suspense, be on edge), 里神楽 (kagura performance held somewhere other than a palace), 抱き癖 (unhappy unless held). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かいさいち (place where a meetingis held), だきぐせ (unhappy unless held), とめおきゆうびん (mail held at the post office), とりおい (driving off birds, procession held at New Year's), とっておき (object set aside or held in reserve, the best, valued), もちごま (a captured piece than can be reused, a person or object held in reserve, available means), だるまき (ceremony held in honor of Bodhidharma), こうはくうたがっせん (annual singing contest held on New Year's Eve), おこなわれる (to be done, to be held, to be practiced, to prevail, to take place), ほうのうずもう (ritual sumo matches held at a shrine), ついぜん (Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death, mass for the dead), さとかぐら (kagura performance held somewhere other than a palace), きんたまがあがったりくだったり (be held in suspense, be on edge), しょなぬか (memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death), しょなのか (memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death), やりぶすま (line of spears held at the ready). (various references)

Korean 

붙드는. (various references)

Pig Latin

eldhay.(various references)

Portuguese

segurado (insurant), mantido (sustained), guardado (kept, reserved). (various references)

Romanian

trecut şi participiu trecut de la hold. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

proš. vreme i particip od hold. (various references)

Spanish

Tuvo lugar, sostuvo, tenido (had, kept), pret y pp de hold. (various references)

Swedish

höll. (various references)

Turkish

hücre hapsine çarptırılmak (be held incommunicado), tutulmak (attack, attaint, be at a premium, be enamored of, be enamoured of, be held, be in a request, be smitten with, be stuck, be stuck on, be taken, be taken with, catch on, come in, come up, drop, go into, have a crush on smb., incur, indulge, make a hit, smite, stiffen), tutulma (attack, being held, Crick, eclipse, fastening, go, immersion, kink, popularity), kimse ile görüştürülmemek (be held incommunicado), esir düşmek (be held captive). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật đỡ (carrier, hold), thành luỹ (bastion, citadel, fastness, hold, wall), sự nắm giữ (hold), sự cầm (hold, holding, prehension, take, taken, taking, took), nhà tù (bastille, bridewell, calaboose, chaplain, college, gaol, hold, prison, prison-house, rogue house). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "held": heldentenor, heldentenors. (additional references)

Words ending with "held": beheld, handheld, overheld, overwithheld, upheld, withheld. (additional references)

Words containing "held": handhelds, sheldrake, sheldrakes, shelduck, shelducks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Held" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ehdc, ehl, Ehle, eld, Eldc, haedle, Halda, hebdo, hed, heela, heeld, heele, heeli, heid, hejd, Hekla, helda, helde, heldi, helds, heldy, helf, helg, heli, helk, heln, hels, helt, hemd, hend, hesl, hewd, heyd, Heyl, hged, Hild, hle, hlen, hlr, hmlt, holc, holda, Holdt, hwel, hwelc, ield, leld, neld, Nhel, rhel, Rheld, thelt, wheld, yeld, zeld. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: del, edh, eld, led.

-2 letters: de, ed, eh, el, he.

+1 letter: dhole, haled, holed.

+2 letters: beheld, behold, chield, childe, daledh, daleth, dholes, hailed, halide, haloed, halted, halved, handle, hauled, healed, heddle, heeled, heiled, helled, helmed, helped, helved, herald, hilled, hilted, holden, holder, holked, hondle, howled, huddle, hulked, hulled, hurdle, hurled, lamedh, lashed, lathed, leched, lushed, shaled, shield, tholed, upheld, whaled, whiled.

+3 letters: beholds, belched, blushed, chalked, cheloid, chields, childes, chilled, clashed, cliched, clothed, daledhs, daleths, deathly, delight, delphic, dishelm, eldrich, exhaled, filched, flashed, fleshed, flushed, hackled, haggled, halberd, halides, halloed, handled, handler, handles, handsel, hassled, headily, heckled, heddles, heedful, helipad, helloed, heralds, hidable, higgled, hilloed, hirpled, hirsled, hobbled, holders, hollaed, holloed, hondled, hondles, hoppled, hoveled, huddled, huddler, huddles, hulloed, humbled, hurdled, hurdler, hurdles, hurtled, hustled, inhaled, lamedhs, latched, laughed, leached, leashed, leeched, letched, lichted, lighted, lithoed, loathed, lunched, lurched, lynched, mudhole, mulched, plashed, ralphed, shauled, shawled, shelled, shelved, shields, shilled, shoaled, shooled, slashed, sloshed, slushed, thirled, toehold, welched, welshed, wheedle, wheeled, whelmed, whelped, whirled, whorled.