Hold

Definition: Hold

Hold

Noun

1. 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".

2. Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices".

3. Power by which something or someone is affected or dominated: "he has a hold over them".

4. Time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action".

5. 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".

6. (archaic) a stronghold.

7. A cell in a jail or prison.

8. The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.

9. The space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo.

Verb

1. Organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc.

2. 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".

3. Have or hold in one's hands; "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; also metaphorically: "A crazy idea took hold of him".

4. 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".

5. Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade".

6. 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".

7. 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".

8. Contain or hold; have within: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water".

9. 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".

10. : remain in a certain state, position, or condition; "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching".

11. : maintain; as of a theory, thoughts, or feelings; "bear a grudge"; "hold a grudge".

12. : hold on to.

13. : assert or affirm; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good".

14. : remain committed to; "I hold to these ideas".

15. : keep in one's possession.

16. : 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?".

17. : hold the attention of; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound".

18. : keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath".

19. : support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright".

20. : 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".

21. : be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon".

22. : be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds".

23. : take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week".

24. : protect against a challenge or attack: "Hold that position behind the trees!" "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks".

25. : declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; " judge held that the defendant was innocent".

26. : have as a major characteristic; "The novel holds many surprises"; "The book holds in store much valuable advise".

27. : cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses".

28. : bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract' "I'll hold you by your promise".

29. : cover as for protection against noise or smell; "She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate"; "hold one's nose".

30. : drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry".

31. : 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".

32. : arrange for and reserve in advance; "reserve a seat on a flight"; "We booked tickets to the show"; "please hold a table at Maxim's".

33. : resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held".

34. : keep from departing; "Hold the taxi"; "Hold the horse".

35. : stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting".

36. : aim, point, or direct: "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames".

37. : be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those you say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point".

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

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

Note: Hold \Hold\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Held; Holding. Holden, past participle, is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.]. (references)

Aerospace

Bible

Economics

Finance

Literature

Metallurgy

Post & Telecom

Transportation

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

HOLD

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Hold

Crosswords: Hold

Czech (homage, obeisance, tribute), Faeroese (flesh), German (advantageous, beloved, charming, dear, expensive, favourable, graceful, lovely, valuable), Hungarian (moon, parish lantern, satellite).

Like monkeys, they are -- won't let go of one branch until they've got hold of the next (Mission: Impossible II; writing credit: Bruce Geller; Ronald D. Moore)

You gotta hold the frame (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein)

Sometimes. Wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck though (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

We ents cannot hold back the storm (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head (Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

You gotta hold on (Hold On; performing artist: En Vogue)

So hold on my heart (Hold On My Heart; performing artist: Genesis)

Want you to hold my hand (Hold My Hand; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish)

I want to hold your hand ("I Want to Hold Your Hand"; performing artist: The Beatles)

You know I won't hold you back now, the love we had just can't be found (I Won't Hold You Back; performing artist: Toto)

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people but if we tried to shut up the insane we would run out of building materials. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Incontinence hot line. Can you hold please? (references; author: unknown)

The safest way to cross life's streets is to hold hands. (references; author: unknown)

A super saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold. (references; author: unknown)

To collect fumes of sulfur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube. (references; author: unknown)

The Hold Up (1972)

Hold That Pose (1971)

To Have and to Hold (1963)

Can It Hold Together? (1957)

Hold Back the Night (1956)

Hold Tight (Sea Food) (performing artist: The Andrews Sisters)

Hold Me (performing artist: Fleetwood Mac)

Hold On My Heart (performing artist: Genesis)

Hold My Hand (performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish)

Hold On (performing artist: Ian Gomm)

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

Books

• The Sierra Jensen Series: Books 9-12/Now Picture This, Hold on Tight, Closer Than Ever, Take My Hand (Sierra Jensen Series) (reference)

• I'll Hold You in Heaven: Healings and Hope for the Parent of a Miscarried, Aborted, or Stillborn Child (reference)

• The Teachers' Unions : How the NEA and AFT Sabotage Reform and Hold Students, Parents, Teachers, and Taxpayers Hostage to Bureaucracy (reference)

• When God Puts You On Hold Don't Hang Up (reference)

• To hold awhile (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• 1st Hold (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance Trilogy (A Woman of Substance / Hold the Dream / To Be the Best) (reference)

• Hold the Dream (reference)

• Hold You Tight (reference)

• Hard to Hold (reference)

• Hold That Ghost (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (reference)

• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• ZENITH ZEP-300 EZ Hold (reference)

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

Consumer Goods

• Corona Clipper CH7720 Professional Cut 'N Hold Bypass Pruner 1202-0566 (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.

Rep. Paul G. Rogers, chairman of the subcommittee, summed up the hearings at RPMI (Roswell Park Memorial Institute), to pass the National Cancer Act of 1971. Hearings were held on October 11, 1971. He felt that it was symbolic to hold hearings for the National Cancer Act at the oldest cancer research institute in the world. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Fluorescent-labeled fibronectin on a layer of cells. It appears to be green in color. Fibronectin, a protein glue that anchors cells and hold them together often disappears when cells become cancerous. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Vials of serum hold information about nutrition, health, disease patterns and life styles. Credit: CDC.

By applying the adherent properties associated with the surface tension of water, these specialized hairs hold the larva parallel to the water's surface in a characteristic horizontal position. Credit: CDC.

Hold the pickles; hold the lettuce. Space is serving up giant hamburgers. NASA's Hubble Space ... Credit: NASA.

The phrase "big fish eat little fish" may hold true when it comes to planets and stars. ... Credit: NASA.

A large tree has a tenacious, if tenuous, hold on an eroding bank along Solo Creek, Wye Island. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Tuna purse seiner is headed towards school of tuna to encircle with net. Workboat that helps hold net during deployment is still on starboard stern. Smaller vessel in water is used to make noise to scare tuna into staying within confines of net prior to ship and workboat deploying and closing the net. Credit: Fisheries.

Hold of a fishing boat full of anchoveta (Engraulis ringens). Credit: Fisheries.

The pipeline running across the image is the dredge pipe that pumped sediment into the cells containing the dredge material. A berm is being built to hold sediments in place. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

No sheriff, constable, coroners, or others of our bailiffs, shall hold pleas of our Crown. (reference)

And why this should not hold in the highest, as well as in the most inferior magistrate, I would gladly be informed. (Second Treatise of Government)

We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. (reference)

The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office. (reference)

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. (reference)

They hold fast by the original views of their masters, in opposition to the progressive historical development of the proletariat. (reference)

At its first meeting the Commission shall elect, from among the Delegates referred to above, a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman, who shall hold office for one year and shall be eligible for re-election. (reference)

It is because I am sure that our fortunes are still in our own hands and that we hold the power to save the future, that I feel the duty to speak out now that I have the occasion and the opportunity to do so. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. (reference)

In the South, the movement toward free common schools, supported [347 U.S. 483, 490] by general taxation, had not yet taken hold. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It would hold the very number for comfort

Let me say, in reply, that I do not hold myself responsible for any of the opinions expressed by the characters in my book

The heart, making itself guilty of such secrets, must perforce hold them until the day when all hidden things shall be revealed

In the villages which he found without a schoolmaster, he would again hold up the valley of Queyras

Let no worldly shame hold you back

I can no longer hold me patient

And the second gear took hold.

That whoever had one foot in the grave was sure to hold back the other as strongly as he could

Having once got hold they never let go, but struggled and wrestled and rolled on the chips incessantly

I hold ambition of so light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

You can train your bladder to hold urine better. (references)

Pelvic muscles must hold up the bladder and urethra. (references)

New medicines now being tested may also hold promise. (references)

Business

Third-country companies hold about 21% of the market. (references)

Only around 200 companies in total hold such licenses. (references)

Both companies hold approximately 60% - 70% of the data market. (references)

Children

Burkina Faso

Persons with disabilities who are willing and able to work frequently find it difficult to find employment, including in government service, because of deeply entrenched social attitudes which hold that persons with disabilities should be under the care of their family and should not enter the workforce. (references)

Civil Liberties

Vietnam

Catholic churches in HCMC and elsewhere hold Sunday school classes. (references)

Albania

Citizens born in the country who emigrate may hold dual citizenship. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

Custodian banks hold pension assets. (references)

Zambia

This year, Zambia will hold another national election. (references)

Swaziland

They consolidated their hold under several able leaders. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

Military courts may hold treason trials in secret. (references)

Brazil

He was the fifth person to hold this office in 15 months. (references)

Cameroon

Some cells built for fifteen persons hold more than fifty. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

After vocal protests, the Government put the proposal on hold. (references)

Venezuela

Few indigenous persons hold title to their land, but many do not want to because most indigenous groups reject the concept of individual property. (references)

Nicaragua

The CSE plans to hold another round of Atlantic coast regional elections in March 2002. The indigenous people of the RAAN, primarily the Miskito and the Sumo, have a political organization known as Yatama, which has representation in regional and municipal councils. (references)

Minorities

Bulgaria

However, ethnic Turks and Roma hold no senior law enforcement positions. (references)

Peru

Many persons of Asian descent hold leadership positions in business and government. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Arab citizens hold fewer than 60 of the country's 5,000 university faculty positions. (references)

Political Economy

Syria

Businessmen hold many of the independent seats. (references)

Russia

On most issues, pro-government forces hold a majority. (references)

COLOMBIA

With these reforms anybody could hold foreign currency or assets. (references)

Political Rights

Chad

Few women hold senior leadership positions. (references)

Guatemala

Other small parties hold a total of 4 seats. (references)

Mexico

In others, they can vote but not hold office. (references)

Trade

Georgia

Currently, nearly nine banks hold 80 percent of total bank assets. (references)

Bolivia

Local banks are authorized to hold U.S. Dollar-denominated time deposits. (references)

Australia

Australian Customs does not require companies or individuals to hold licenses to import goods. (references)

Travel

Burma

Burmese nationals may hold FEC. (references)

Burma

Children over seven years mentioned in the passport of a parent must hold separate visas. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The U.S. visa applicant may hold the letter for up to 60 days prior to making application. (references)

Women

Netherlands

Approximately 42 percent of women hold part-time jobs. (references)

Singapore

They still hold the preponderance of low-wage jobs such as clerks and secretaries. (references)

Switzerland

Only 38 percent of women hold managerial positions compared with 56.9 percent of men. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

Some children are allowed to hold part-time jobs such as selling newspapers. (references)

Argentina

Traffickers reportedly hold travel documents and occasionally threaten violence. (references)

Brazil

For example, a number of labor leaders also hold prominent positions in political parties. (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.

Hold or lift up

Expressions using "hold": baggage hold ♦ bar hold ♦ be unable to hold one's tongue ♦ buy and hold ♦ call hold ♦ can't hold a candle to ♦ cargo hold ♦ catch a hold of smth. ♦ catch hold of ♦ catch hold of smth. ♦ clap hold of ♦ claw hold of ♦ firm hold ♦ get a hold ♦ get a hold of ♦ get a hold of smth. ♦ get hold ♦ get hold of ♦ get hold of oneself ♦ get hold the wrong end of the stick ♦ Ground hold ♦ have a firm hold of ♦ have a hold on smth. ♦ have a hold over smb. ♦ hold a ballot ♦ hold a ballot about smth. ♦ hold a bridgehead ♦ hold a brief for ♦ hold a brief for smb. ♦ hold a candle to smb. ♦ hold a candle to the devil ♦ hold a congress ♦ hold a conversation with ♦ hold a council ♦ hold a course ♦ hold a dispute on ♦ hold a farthing candle to the sun ♦ hold a general meeting ♦ hold a grudge ♦ hold a grudge against ♦ hold a gun on ♦ hold a hand ♦ hold a high place ♦ hold a lease ♦ hold a meeting ♦ hold a person up to mockery ♦ hold a pistol to smb.'s head ♦ hold a place ♦ hold a portfolio ♦ hold a position ♦ hold a post ♦ hold a question in suspense ♦ hold a record ♦ hold a review ♦ hold a situation ♦ hold a strike ♦ hold a train ♦ hold against ♦ hold against smb. ♦ hold all ♦ hold aloof ♦ hold an address ♦ hold an appointment ♦ hold an election ♦ hold an exhibition ♦ hold an inquest ♦ hold an inspection ♦ hold at bay ♦ hold back ♦ hold back inflation ♦ hold between centres ♦ hold by ♦ hold by smth. ♦ hold captive ♦ hold cargo ♦ hold cheap ♦ hold close ♦ hold closed ♦ hold communion with oneself ♦ hold council ♦ hold counsel with smb. ♦ hold counsel with smb. about smth. ♦ hold court ♦ hold dear ♦ hold dominion over ♦ hold down ♦ hold fast ♦ hold fast! ♦ hold fellowship with ♦ hold fire ♦ hold fire! ♦ hold firm ♦ hold for ♦ hold for a while ♦ hold forth ♦ hold frame ♦ hold from ♦ hold good ♦ hold hand ♦ hold hands ♦ hold harmless. Additional references.

Beginning with "hold": hold-all, hold-alls, hold-back, hold-backs, hold-door, hold-down, hold-ers, hold-fast, hold-out, hold-over, hold-the-nose, hold-up, hold-up man, hold-up-man, hold-ups, hold-warm.

Ending with "hold": toe-hold.

Containing "hold": house-hold appliances, i-hold-all-the-aces, seize-hold-consolidate-develop.

Afrikaans

vashou (hang, hang onto, retain), hou (hang, hang onto, keep, retain), behou (conserve, hang, hang onto, keep, maintain, preserve, rescue, retain, save). (various references)

Albanian

hambar i anijes, konsideroj (account for, call, consider, look on, presume, rate, regard, view), besoj (accredit, believe, calculate, commit, confide, consign, credit, entrust, guess, intrust, rely, Trow, trust, understand, ween), mbajtje (delivery, deterrence, grip, gripe, holding, keeping, maintenance, occupancy, prehension, preservation, retention, support, tenure, tote, wear), mbajtëse (abutment, brace, bracket, cleat, holder, holdfast, hook, keeper, Mount, pendant, rack, retainer, stand, standard, support, supporter, tenter), mbaj të palëvizshëm, mbaj një konferencë, mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, keep, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, save, support, sustain, wear, withhold), mbahem (carry, comport, hold on, hold one's own, keep, remit), mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, seize, snatch), mbetet në fuqi, kujtoj (bear in mind, bring to mind, call up, guess, impart, keep in mind, mind, recall, recollect, remember, retain, think, understand, visualize), mbroj (assert, champion, cover, cushion, defend, fend, fight, guard, keep, maintain, plead, preserve, protect, save, shield, stick up for, watch over), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), kapëse (clip, dog, fastener, pin, staple), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), kala (acropolis, aerie, aery, Castle, citadel, Fort, fortress, presidio, stronghold, tower), frenoj (apply the brakes, be an obstacle to, bit, brake, check, choke up, clog, contain, control, Cork, damp, delay, detain, deter, fetter, guard, hamper, hang up, hedge in, hold back, hold in, inhibit, interrupt, keep in, put bac