Hold Fast

Definition: Hold Fast

Hold Fast

Verb

1. Stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?".

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Synonyms: Hold Fast

Coherence

Verb: cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round; (join).

Restraint

Keep under; repress, suppress; smother; pull in, rein in; hold, hold fast; keep a tight hand on; prohibit; inhibit, cohibit.

Retention

Verb: retain, keep; hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground; clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of.

Crosswords: Hold Fast

Hold Fast (1927)

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Books

• Hold Fast (reference)

• Hold Fast the Dream (Serenade/Serenata No 20) (reference)

• Hold Fast These Family Ties [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• Hold Fast 'Til Dawn: To Have and to Hold Eight (reference)

• Hold Fast 'Til Morning (reference)

  (more book examples)

Consumer Goods

• Sjobergs ST98 Workbench Hold Fast (reference)

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Hold fast, everybody!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Hungarian

szorosan tart (to clip, to hold fast, to hold firm, to hold tight), szorosan fog (to hold fast), erősen tart (to hold fast, to hold firm, to hold tight), erősen fog (have a strong grip, to bite hard, to hold fast, to hold firm, to hold tight). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

守り抜く (to hold fast, to protect to the end). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まもりぬく (to hold fast, to protect to the end). (various references)

Pig Latin

oldhay astfay

Romanian

se menţine (hold, hold up, keep, keep up, stand), rezista (bear, come through, fend, hold, hold out, hold up, keep, live, resist, stand, stand against, stay, stem, strive, withstand), persista (continue, linger, persist), ţine strâns (chock, clench, clutch). (various references)

Turkmen 

яapyюmak (be parted, hold fast to, stick to). (various references)

impedio, obtentu, obtinebas, obtinebat, obtinebimus, obtinebis, obtinebit, obtinebitis, obtinebunt, obtinendam, obtinent, obtinere, obtinerent, obtineret, obtinet, obtinuerant, obtinuerat, obtinuerimus, obtinueris, obtinuerunt, obtinueruntque, obtinui, obtinuissent, obtinuisset, obtinuit, retento, retentum, retine, retineas, retinebit, retinens, retinent, retinentes, retinere, retines, retinet, retinete, retinetis, retinuerit, retinueritis, retinuit. (various references)

gebindan. (various references)

houd vast. (various references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: holdfast.

-2 letters: aholds, floats, flotas, lotahs.

-3 letters: ahold, aloft, altho, altos, dahls, datos, dhals, doats, dolts, dotal, fados, fatso, flash, flats, float, flota, foals, folds, hadst, hafts, halos, halts, holds, holts, hosta, laths, loads, loafs, loath, lofts, lotah, lotas, oaths, shaft, shalt, shoal, shoat, sloth, softa, toads, tolas.

-4 letters: ados, also, alto, alts, daft, dahl.

+1 letter: holdfasts.

+4 letters: foolhardiest, softheadedly, thousandfold.

+5 letters: softheartedly, standoffishly.