Hold In

Definition: Hold In

Hold In

Verb

1. Close in or confine.

2. 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".

3. Hold back; keep from being perceived by others, as of emotions or expressions of emotions; "She conceals her anger well".

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Literature

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Synonyms: Hold In

Approbation

Do justice to, appreciate; honor, hold in esteem, look up to, admire; like; be in favor of, wish Godspeed; hail, hail with satisfaction.

Authority

Have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm"; rule with a rod of iron; (severity).

Contempt

Look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at; (unimportance); set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one;s fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise"; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at; (be disrespectful).

Disrespect

Verb: hold in disrespect; (despise); misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; be disrespectful; Adjective:, be discourteous; treat with disrespect;Noun: set down, put down, browbeat.

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Hate

Verb: hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate;scowl; disrelish; (dislike).

Liquefaction

Verb: render liquid; liquefy, run; deliquesce; melt. (heat); solve; dissolve, resolve; liquate; hold in solution; condense, precipitate, rain.

Memory

Have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance; be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory.

Respect

Verb: respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem; (approve of); think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect; n. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship.

Restraint

Verb: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar; (hinder); constrain; coerce; (compel); curb, control; hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds; hold in leash, hold in leading strings; withhold.

Security

Let, sett; grant a lease, take a lease, hold a lease; hold in pledge; lend on security.

Subjection

Break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master; tread down, tread under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall, bethrall; enslave, lead captive; take into custody; (restrain); rule; drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes.

Crosswords: Hold In

And always hold in your heart the pride of your special heritage (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be. I soon forgotCecil Jacobs made me forget (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

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Books

• What We Hold In Common (reference)

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This image shows construction of a new wetland nursery at a St. Petersburg high school. The donor plants are brought to the nursery and then used in restoration projects. The nursery ponds are lined with plastic to hold in salt water and nutrients. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

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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)

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Good faith, good faith, the saying did not hold In him that did object the same to thee

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Health

Some children with PI are infected with germs that a healthy immune system would hold in check. (references)

But if the child continues to hold in stool, the feces will accumulate and harden in the rectum. (references)

If you suffer from yeast infections, it is usually helpful to avoid garments that hold in heat and moisture. (references)

Business

The physical chemical treatment market has suffered most from waste minimization techniques now taking hold in industry. (references)

The case was put on hold in the fall of 1996, following the German cabinet's approval of a proposal to reform German procurement law. (references)

For example, in July 1999, the Korean government raised the ceiling on the equity foreign companies can hold in Korean facilities-based telcos from 33 percent to 49 percent (with the exception of Korea Telecom, which stands at 33 percent). (references)

Economic History

Georgia

An IMF program initiated in 1996 was put on hold in 1999 due to Georgia's failure to meet certain budgetary targets. (references)

France

Experts predict that this market will grow at a rate of 4.5 percent per year in the next few years as new lifestyles take hold in France. (references)

Sweden

The U.S. downtown has arguably not yet taken hold in the Nordics, and with the dollar at an all-time high against the Swedish kronor, U.S. exports will slip. (references)

Political Economy

OMAN

Though the government in Oman selected international advisors for planned privatizations in the telecommunications sector in 1999, the project missed the wave of telecoms enthusiasm, and now appears to be on hold in hope of a general economic upturn. (references)

Trade

Turkey

The sector's five and ten largest banks also have seen their share of assets decline steadily since financial sector liberalization began to take hold in 1985. Turkish banks engage in core banking services, securities brokering and other businesses. (references)

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Expressions using "hold in": hold in a chuck ♦ hold in abhorrence ♦ hold in bondage ♦ hold in contempt ♦ hold in demesne ♦ hold in derision ♦ hold in esteem ♦ hold in estimation ♦ hold in execration ♦ hold in high esteem ♦ hold in high estimation ♦ hold in leading strings ♦ hold in leash ♦ hold in mind ♦ hold in place ♦ hold in pledge ♦ hold in swaddling clothes ♦ hold in thrall ♦ hold in trust ♦ To get or to hold In chancery ♦ To hold in ♦ To hold in hand ♦ To hold in play ♦ To hold in pledge. Additional references.

Albanian

përmbaj (carry, check, choke, comprise, constrain, contain, control, Cork, detain, deter, embrace, feature, gulp, hold, hold back, include, incorporate, pocket, repress, restock, restrain, stay), mbaj brenda, 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, hold back, inhibit, interrupt, keep in, put back, rein, retard, set back, stay put, stem, stop). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كبح نفسه. (various references)

Bulgarian 

стягам (accouter, accoutre, bind, brace, compact, constrain, constrict, do up, gripe, hoop, impact, lace, lace up, lock, pack, pinch, preen, screw up, straiten, tense, tighten, trim, truss), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), въздържам (keep back, keep in, refrain, restrain, withhold). (various references)

Chinese 

憋 (hold back, restrain, stifle, to choke, to hold). (various references)

Czech

zdržet se (abstain, forbear, refrain, stay), zastrèit (bolt, insert, push down, slip, stick, tuck, tuck in), potlaèit (contain, cork up, crush, fight down, hold back, inhibit, keep in, mince, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, scotch, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, tame), držet se (bear up, clutch at, hold to, keep up). (various references)

Danish

udsætte (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone, procrastinate). (various references)

Dutch

verschuiven (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, move, postpone), verdagen (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone, procrastinate), uitstellen (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone, procrastinate), spannen in klauwplaat (chuck, clamp in a chuck, grip in a chuck, hold in a chuck), schorsen (hold in abeyance, interrupt, postpone), opschorten (hold in abeyance, postpone), deposito's die de verzekeraars op naam van hun verzekerden aanhouden (deposits which the insurers hold in the name of the insured), aanhouden (adjourn, arrest, continue, delay, endure, halt, hold, hold in abeyance, keep ... burning, keep on, last, persevere, persist, postpone, procrastinate, pursue one's point, stop). (various references)

Esperanto

prokrasti (delay, hold in abeyance, postpone, procrastinate, put off). (various references)

Faeroese

drála (adjourn, delay, hesitate, hold in abeyance, postpone), bíða við (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone). (various references)

Finnish

pitää suuressa arvossa (esteem highly, hold in high esteem), pitää kurissa (hold in check), pitää kunniassa (hold in respect, honour), kiinnittää kiinnitysistukkaan (chuck, clamp in a chuck, grip in a chuck, hold in a chuck), kiinnittää istukkaan (chuck, clamp in a chuck, grip in a chuck, hold in a chuck). (various references)

French

contenir (hold). (various references)

German

zurückhalten (abstract, detain, hold, hold back, keep, keep back, refrain, repress, restrain, retain, retard, suppress, to hold back, to refrain, to reserve, to retard, withheld, withhold, withholds), zügeln (bridle, chasten, check, curb, keep in, pull in, quell, rein in, restrain, rule, school, tame, to curb), sich beherrschen (restrain oneself, to control oneself), einziehen (breathe in, bring in, call in, call up, collect, confiscate, conscript, draft, draw in, draw up, duck, gather in, haul in, hunch, indent, induct, levy, lower, march in, move in, move into, muster in, pull in, put in, recall, requisition, retract, retraction, seize, settle in, sniff, soak in, soak up, suck in, take away, take in, thread, to move in, wind in, withdraw), an sich halten. (various references)

Greek 

συγκρατώ (bottle up, check, clip, contain, control, curb, govern, hold, hold back, hold together, keep down, keep in, restrain). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תאפק (abstain, control oneself, refrain). (various references)

Hungarian

visszatart (contain, detain, hold, hold back, hold off, keep in, recoup, restrain, retain, retard, to check, to contain, to detain, to entrap, to hold back, to keep back, to keep from, to pocket, to pull, to pull up, to recoup, to repress, to restrain, to retain, to stay, withhold), megfékez (control, curb, rein, to bridle, to check, to control, to cow, to curb, to master, to rein, to rein up, to restrain, to subdue). (various references)

Indonesian

menjunjung (hold in the high esteem, respect), mengepal (clench, hold in one's fist, knead). (various references)

Italian

fissare nel mandrino (chuck, clamp in a chuck, grip in a chuck, hold in a chuck), depositi che gli organismi di assicurazione detengono a nome degli assicuratori (deposits which the insurers hold in the name of the insured), bloccare nel mandrino (chuck, clamp in a chuck, grip in a chuck, hold in a chuck). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

提�'る (to hold in the hand, to take along). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くわえる (to add, to append, to hold in one's mouth, to include, to increase, to inflict, to sum up), さ�'る (to dismiss, to grant, to hang, to hold in the hand, to lower, to move back, to take along, to wear), ふくむ (duty, public service, to be charged or loaded with, to be dripping with, to be full of, to be suffused with, to bear in mind, to cherish, to comprise, to contain, to embrace, to harbor, to have, to hold, to hold in the mouth, to include, to understand), もやう (to co-operate, to hold in common, to share), みぎよつ (sumo hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left), � き�"む (to bring over a person to one's side, to hold in one's arms, to involve). (various references)

Manx

cummal stiagh. (various references)

Papiamen

aplasá (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone). (various references)

Pig Latin

oldhay inay.(various references)

Polish

przesuwać (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone), odkładać (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone). (various references)

Portuguese

honrar (favor, favour, glorify, grace, hallow, hold in esteem, honor, honour, respect), venerar (adore, hallow, hold in esteem, honor, honour, respect, revere, reverence, venerate), reverenciar (adore, bow, curtsy, hallow, hold in esteem, honor, honour, kotow, kowtow, respect, revere, reverence, worship), respeitar (hold in esteem, honor, honour, look up to, regard, respect, touch upon), não perturbar (hold in esteem, respect), não interferir em (hold in esteem, respect), fixação na bucha (chuck, clamp in a chuck, grip in a chuck, hold in a chuck), depósitos que os organismos de seguros detêm em nome dos segurados (deposits which the insurers hold in the name of the insured), considerar (account, bring into account, call, cogitate, consider, consult, count, debate, deliberate, esteem, hold, hold in esteem, honor, honour, look, look upon, notice, ponder, powwow, put down, rate, reckon, regard, repute, respect, see, take into account, touch upon, treat, view), aperto na bucha (chuck, clamp in a chuck, grip in a chuck, hold in a chuck). (various references)

Romanian

reţine (arrest, bespeak, book, catch, confine, delay, detain, dock, engage, fix, ground, hinder, hold, impede, keep, keep back, keep in, laten, learn, memorize, nota bene, refrain, remember, reserve, restrain, retain, secure, stop, take by the button, trammel, withhold), ţine în frâu (manage, quench). (various references)

Russian 

удерживать (coerce, dam back, deter, hold, hold back, keep back, recoup, restrain, withhold), сдерживаться (control oneself, hold back, refrain), сдерживать (bottle up, check, coerce, constrain, control, dam back, hold back, hold in check, inhibit, keep, keep in check, moderate, rein back, rein in, repress, restrain), проводить (carry, conduct, draw, hosted, lead, sideswipe, usher in, wage). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uvući (drag in, indent, pop in, pull in, retract, suck in, tuck, tuck in). (various references)

Spanish

contenerse (contain, forbear, hold back, keep one's temper, pull up, restrain oneself), contener (bottle up, bridle, check, comprise, contain, control, enclose, govern, hold, hold back, include, incorporate, intercept, keep back, keep down, keep in, press back, restrain, rule, run by, smother, suppress). (various references)

Swedish

hålla in (keep in, pull in), tygla (bridle, chasten, check, curb, pull, rein, rein in, restrain). (various references)

Thai

ควบคุม (boss, dictate, head, husband, keep, lead, rein, ride, tame). (various references)

Turkish

zaptetmek (bridle, capture, contain, govern, hold back, hold down, keep down, possess oneself of, reave, seize, stifle, subjugate, suppress, swallow), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), sınırlamak (bound, call off, circumscribe, confine, constrain, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hem in, imprison, limit, line off, localize, qualify, restrain, restrict, straitjacket, terminate, tie), kendini tutmak (contain oneself, forbear, get hold of oneself, hold back, keep calm, keep from, possess oneself, refrain, restrain oneself). (various references)

Turkmen 

ideklemek (hold in hand, rein in). (various references)

Ukrainian

стримуватися (abstain, contain, control oneself, keep one's temper, pull up, refrain), стримувати (abate, bound, bridle, chasten, check, coerce, constrain, contain, control, curb, deter, dominate, inhibit, moderate, pocket, rein, restrain, stay, stop, suppress, swaddle, swallow, temper), мовчати (be quiet, hold one's tongue, whist). (various references)

conpresserit, conpresserunt, conprimaris, conprimebant, conprimentem, conprimerent, conprimit, conprimunt. (various references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: indol.

-2 letters: diol, hind, hold, idol, lido, lino, lion, loin, nodi, noil.

-3 letters: din, dol, don, hid, hin, hod, hon, ion, lid, lin, nil, nod, noh, oil, old.

-4 letters: do, hi, ho, id, in, li, lo, no, od, oh, on.

+1 letter: dolphin, holding.

+2 letters: blondish, dolphins, downhill, holdings, hondling.

+3 letters: beholding, donnishly, downhills, goldfinch, hobnailed, holandric, hypnoidal, inholding, upholding.

+4 letters: adhesional, baldachino, chronicled, conchoidal, downhiller, endolithic, endothelia, fingerhold, holidaying, indophenol, inholdings, longhaired, outlandish, sphenoidal, unpolished.

+5 letters: baldachinos, chalcedonic, chancroidal, chlorinated, clodhopping, demolishing, depolishing, diphthongal, dishonestly, dollishness, dolphinfish, doltishness, doublethink, downhillers, downrightly, endothelial, endothelium, fingerholds, godchildren, goldfinches, handholding, hedonically, hollandaise, hornblendic, hydrolyzing, indophenols, landholding, lionhearted, longsighted, moonlighted, overholding, philodendra, pigeonholed, podophyllin, roadholding, shouldering, thistledown, withholding.