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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)

 

Specialty Definition: Hold

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

1. During a countdown to stop counting and to wait until an impediment has been removed so that the countdown can be resumed, as in T minus 40 and holding. Compare count, recycle.2. In computer terminology, to retain information in one storage device after copying it into another storage device. (references)

Bible

Hold a fortress, the name given to David's lurking-places (1 Sam. 22:4, 5; 24:22). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Economics

1. The interior of a vessel below deck where cargo is carried. 2. to delay; to pause (verb); a delay; a pause (noun). 3. A verb with multiple other meanings than those noted above such as: to retain, to contain, to maintain, to bind, to bear, to own. (references)

Finance

A notation made on an account record to show that a specific amount of money in the account is temporarily not available to the account holder, or to show that the account requires special handling. For example, a hold may be placed on recently deposited checks to allow time for the checks to clear. (references)

Literature

Hold of a ship is between the lowest deck and the keel. In merchant vessels it holds the main part of the cargo. In men of war it holds the provisions, water for drinking, etc., stores, and berths. The after hold is aft the main-mast; the main hold is before the same; and the fore hold is about the fore hatches.
Hold (Anglo-Saxon, heald-an, to hold.)
He is not fit to hold the candle to him. He is very inferior. The allusion is to link-boys who held candles in theatres and other places of night amusement.
"Others say that Mr. Handel
To Bonocini can't hold a candle." Swift.
To cry hold. Stop. The allusion is to the old military tournaments; when the umpires wished to stop the contest they cried out "Hold!"
"Lay on Macduff,
And damn'd be him that first cries, `Hold,
Enough!' " Shakespeare: Macbeth, v. 8. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Metallurgy

Operation consisting in holding a metal bath in a furnace at a given temperature to secure a given result, such as slagging-off, degassing, etc. Source: European Union. (references)

Post & Telecom

The act of maintaining the state of a set of traffic-carrying devices or a switching path in the busy condition for as long as is required. Source: European Union. (references)

Transportation

A scheduled or unscheduled delay or interruption in the launching sequence or countdown of a space vehicle. Source: European Union. (references)
 The interior of a ship below the lowest deck as distinguished from the tween-deck spaces. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Hold

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

HOLD

EnglishCall holdPost & Telecom

HOLD

FinnishPuhelun pitoPost & Telecom

HOLD

GermanDienstmerkmal HaltenPost & Telecom

HOLD

GreekΣυγκράτηση ΚλήσηςPost & Telecom

HOLD

ItalianCongelamento chiamataPost & Telecom

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

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Synonyms: Hold

Synonyms: appreciation (n), cargo area (n), cargo deck (n), cargo hold (n), clasp (n), clench (n), clutch (n), clutches (n), custody (n), delay (n), detention (n), grasp (n), grip (n), handgrip (n), handle (n), keep (n), postponement (n), storage area (n), time lag (n), wait (n), accommodate (v), adjudge (v), admit (v), agree (v), apply (v), arrest (v), bear (v), bind (v), book (v), carry (v), check (v), concord (v), concur (v), confine (v), contain (v), control (v), curb (v), declare (v), deem (v), defend (v), defy (v), entertain (v), give (v), go for (v), guard (v), halt (v), harbor (v), harbour (v), have (v), have got (v), hold back (v), hold in (v), hold up (v), keep back (v), maintain (v), make (v), moderate (v), nurse (v), oblige (v), obtain (v), prevail (v), reserve (v), restrain (v), retain (v), support (v), sustain (v), take (v), take for (v), take hold (v), throw (v), view as (v), withstand (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: disagree (v), let go of (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Hold

English words defined with "hold": get holdhold back, hold close, hold down, hold in, hold off, hold on, hold one's own, hold over, hold the line, hold tight, hold up, hold waterscissors holdtake hold, take hold of, To hold forth, To hold in, To hold in hand, To hold on, To hold tack, To hold waterwrestling hold. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hold": APRON STRING HOLDHold Hard, hold harmless, hold harmless agreement, hold harmless clause, Hold Off!, Hold One Guilty, Hold One in Hand, hold pen, hold pound, Hold the FortPETTICOAT HOLD, placed on hold. (references)
Etymologies containing "hold": Urachus. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Hold" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

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

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Modern Usage: Hold

DomainUsage

Screenplays

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)

Lyrics

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)

Clever

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)

Movie/TV Titles

The Hold Up (1972)

Hold That Pose (1971)

To Have and to Hold (1963)

Can It Hold Together? (1957)

Hold Back the Night (1956)

Song Titles

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.

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Commercial Usage: Hold

DomainTitle

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

  

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

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Image Slideshow: Hold

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Photo Album: Hold

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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.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Hold
 

"Hand study 4" by Marty Weis
Commentary: "My hand...and one of my favorite objects to hold =] ."
"Tiled Wall" by Scott Ratcliffe
Commentary: "New york city subway station wall. not really much good as a picture, but as a base image it may hold something. id like to see if anybody does anything with it."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Hold".

PlayCaption
Squeeze; juice; wring; milk; clasp; clutch; congestion; crowd; crunch; crush; crushing; embrace; force; handclasp; hold; hug; influence; jam; press; squash.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Hold

AuthorQuotation

Alain de Lille

Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.

Benjamin Franklin

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Confucius

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Francis Bacon

I hold every man a debtor to his profession.

John Heywood

Hold their noses to the grindstone.

Publilius Syrus

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Thomas Heywood

I hold he loves me best that calls me Tom.

Thomas Jefferson

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

William Shakespeare

Must I hold a candle to my shames?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Hold

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

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

John Locke

1690

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)

US Declaration of Independence

1776

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)

US Constitution

1791

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)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-2006

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)

Communist Manifesto

1848

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

Treaty of Versailles

1919

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)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

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)

United Nations

1948

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)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

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.

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Use in Literature: Hold

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

It would hold the very number for comfort

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

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

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

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

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Let no worldly shame hold you back

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

I can no longer hold me patient

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

And the second gear took hold.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

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

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hold

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ABDICATION, n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne. Poor Isabella's Dead, whose abdication Set all tongues wagging in the Spanish nation. For that performance 'twere unfair to scold her: She wisely left a throne too hot to hold her. To History she'll be no royal riddle -- Merely a plain parched pea that jumped the griddle. G.J.

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

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Spoken Usage: Hold

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Alexander Benedetto

This is Plant testifying in a preliminary hearing. This seals the deal for them in order to hold us longer to even get to go to a trial. If this had happened in the United States it never would have even ever gone to trial.

Jodie Foster

Don't ask me. I don't know. I don't know. But as I've said before, and I still hold to, I truly am the most boring person alive. And if there was a great investigation to be found at the end of the resume, it would be, the most boring person alive.

Mark Shields

The other thing is that Henry Hyde did not join those who say this is a war for freedom and democracy, he said we are in bed with some pretty unsavory characters because it's a war against terrorism, and we ought to hold our nose and join arms.

Phyllis Diller

When I go to bed at night, I've got so much grease on my body, I wear snow chains to hold up my gown.

Richard Gephardt

I want to hold that seat. We are not taking a position in that primary. We are going to help whoever wins the primary try to hold that seat. And we want to win the House back, and that seat will be an important part of it. It's a good Democratic seat.

Rush Limbaugh

Clinton-Gore lied about how much profit the government took in by almost one-third so they could help Gore hold the White House.

Senator Patrick Leahy

I'd hold a hearing. We'd have a completely fair hearing. Justice Scalia is a longtime personal friend. We'd have that hearing, and I'd determine after the hearing.

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

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Speeches: Hold

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct it is not necessary on this occasion to detail.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929America has taken the lead in this new direction, and that lead America must continue to hold.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953When I addressed the Congress in September, I emphasized that we must continue to hold the price line until the production of goods caught up with the tremendous demands.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963But few people would hold to that picture today.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974As President I hold the responsibility for choosing the best path to that goal and then leading the Nation along it.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977To hold down the cost of living, we must hold down the cost of government.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981In areas of peaceful competition with the Soviet Union, we will continue to more than hold our own.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Tonight America is stronger because of the values that we hold dear.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001We'll hold a White House Conference on Social Security in December.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Hold

"Hold" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 54.51% of the time. "Hold" is used about 12,751 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)54.51%6,9511,390
Lexical Verb (base form)25.66%3,2722,912
Noun (singular)19.8%2,5253,600
Unclassified Items0.02%2245,945
Noun (proper)0.02%2245,945
                    Total100.00%12,751N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Hold

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "hold".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
OdedN/ABiblical

Hold or lift up

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Hold

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.

Hyphenated Usage

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.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hold

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

texas hold em

1,441

no hold barred

100

hold everything

899

on hold messaging

97

can t hold us down

507

hold harmless agreement

95

0 barred hold

440

cant down hold lyrics us

93

buy and hold

431

barred hold o

93

hold

371

hold your head up

84

cant hold us down

270

on hold

84

music on hold

270

wrestling hold

81

hold em poker

246

hold premier up

80

on hold message

242

hold sleeper

75

texas hold em poker

234

climbing hold

68

free texas hold em

228

online texas hold em

66

hold em

195

texas hold

64

no limit texas hold em

150

house hold bank

56

play texas hold em

137

aguilera can christina down hold lyrics t us

54

texas hold em rule

136

can down hold t us video

53

can down hold lyrics t us

125

to hold your hand

50

texas hold em strategy

108

if we hold on together

49

group head hold up

107

aguilera can christina down hold t us

47

modem on hold

105

hold harmless

46
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Hold

Language Translations for "hold"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

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 back, rein, retard, set back, stay put, stem, stop), forcë imponuese, e quan, lloj kapjeje, qeli burgu (cell), zhvilloj (develop, drive, elaborate, evolve, expand, grow, increase, navigate, prosecute, wage), (bar, begin, block out, calk, catch, caulk, clog, close, engage, find, handle, have, knead, occupy, part, plug up, seize, shut out, sound, take, tie up, voice), vonesë (arrears, delay, hold up, lag, lateness, retardation, retardment, stunt, tardiness), vend për t'u kapur, vazhdon (hold out, last, persist, progress, wear on), shtyrje (adjournment, delay, hustle, jog, postponement, push, remand, shove, thrust, thrusting), shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), shpall (adjudicate, announce, assert, asseverate, blaze, celebrate, declare, delate, divulge, enounce, enunciate, notify, post, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, read, state, usher in), mban (bite, hold out, last), ruaj (bear, conserve, cure, enshrine, guard, hug, keep, lay up, maintain, police, preserve, protect, put by, reserve, retain, safeguard, save, secure, shield, spare, spin out, tend, ware, watch, watch over), zotëroj (command, dominate, have, manage, master, own, possess, wield), qëndron (consist, lie), pikëmbështetje (foothold, footing, fulcrum), pezullim (abeyance, arrest, cancel, cancellation, layoff, reversal, stay, suspense, suspension), përmbaj (carry, check, choke, comprise, constrain, contain, control, Cork, detain, deter, embrace, feature, gulp, hold back, hold in, include, incorporate, pocket, repress, restock, restrain, stay), nxë (admit, contain, learn, seat), ndikim (clout, drag, effect, impact, influence, interest, pull, reaction, stimulus, sway), ndal (arrest, becalm, check, close up, cut, discontinue, end, fight off, fold, halt, heave to, interrupt, pull in, pull up, rein up, shut down, stay, stem, stop), mendoj (believe, conceive, consider, contemplate, deem, deliberate, dream up, elaborate, expect, fancy, feel, figure, guess, imagine, judge, mean, opine, ponder, rate, reason, reckon for, reflect, regard, repute, say, study, suppose, take, think, Trow, try, understand, ween), shenjë pauze. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تأثير (action, affection, effect, effectiveness, impact, impress, leverage, lobbying, prestige, puissance, pull, tutelage, virtue), ‏دعم (back, back up, backing, backup, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favor, favour, fuel, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding), ‏شغل (activate, busy, carry out, employ, engage, fill, job, occupation, operate, pop on, power, run, switch on, task, turn on, work), ‏أبقى (brief, leave over), ‏أمسك (bite, catch, cradle, get hold of, grasp, grip, gripe, lay hold of, refrain, withhold), ‏إعتقال (apprehension, arrest, detention, recapture, seizure, sneeze), ‏إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, get on, go ahead, go in, go on, hold on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take, wear out), ‏إحتوى (consist of, contain, govern, push back, smother, stem), ‏إحتفظ (hold over, keep, possess, retain), ‏إمساك (abstention, parsimony, qualm), ‏صمد (bear up, endure, hold at bay, hold one's ground, hold one's own, hold out, hold out against, keep, last out, outlive, resist, stand one's ground, stand the strain, stick it out, withstand), ‏عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), ‏دعامة (abutment, armature, backlog, beam, brace, crutch, leg, pier, pillar, prop, shore, slip, slipway, staff, stanchion, stick, stock, strut, support), ‏سيطرة (ascendant, clutch, command, control, dominance, domination, empire, government, gripe, hand, hegemony, mastery, overriding, predominance, predomination, prevalence, reign, restraint, rule, ruling, weight), ‏فهم تام, ‏حبس النفس, ‏حصن (arm, bastion, beef up, bulwark, castle, chateau, citadel, entrench, fort, fortification, fortify, fortress, immunize, redoubt, stronghold, tower, trench), ‏حمل (bear, bearing, burden, carriage, carry, carry on, charge, conception, deck, hump, knock up, lade, lamb, lifting, load, portage, pregnancy, take, tote, yeanling), ‏قبض على (apprehend, capture, catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, seize upon, take hold of), ‏قبضة (authority, clasp, clutch, control, fist, fistful, grip, handful, holding, pinch), ‏قاوم (combat, counter, fight, hold one's own, hold out, oppose, protest against, resist, set one's face against, stand, struggle, withstand), ‏لزم (enjoin, keep on, stick to), ‏مد يده (extend a helping hand, proffer), ‏معقل (bastion, castle, citadel, fort, fortress, redoubt, strong point, stronghold), ‏ملك (get hold of, have, king, monarch, own, ownership, possess, possession, prince, property, reign, rejoice, sovereign), ‏كبح (arrest, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, hamper, hinder, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep back, keep down, keep under control, leash, master, press, prevent, rein, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, steady, subdual, subdue, suppress, suppression, tame, withhold), ‏كبت (bridle, check, contain, down, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep, keep back, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, stifle, subdue, suppress, suppression, withhold), ‏سلطة (arm, chicory, command, horn, influence, law, power, prerogative, rule, seigniory). (various references)

   

Aymara

  

cat-thapiña (to hold). (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

yinnaki (to hold). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

имам сила, задържане (apprehension, arrest, detention, impoundment, inhibition, keeping, lockup, retention), задържам (apprehend, arrest, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, immobilize, inhibit, keep, keep away, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain, trig), авторитет (authority, control, force, obedience, potency), притежавам (have, own, possess, rejoice in, wield), помещение за багаж, давам (accommodate, accord, adduce, administer, afford, allow, award, bring forth, commit, confer, delegate, dig up, endow, gave, give, give in, given, grant, hand out, hold out, kick in, pass, pay, present, produce, put up, render, send, set, show), поддържам (adhere, atlas, back, bear, buoy, carry, contend, expound, favour, feed, fuel, help on, hold up, keep, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, sustain, take, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), не отстъпвам (hold one's ground, hold one's own, stand one's ground), имам (carry, contain, have, make, own, possess, rejoice in, wear), издържам (endure, fend for, hold on, hold out, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, sustain, take, wear out, withstand), държа се (acquit oneself, act, bear, bear up, comport, comport oneself, conduct oneself, demean, deport oneself, hold on, hold one's own, quit, stand out, stick, walk), държа здраво (clench, grasp, grip), държа (conserve, held, keep, maintain, nurse, own, poise, stand on, stick to, sway), дръжка (arm, bail, ear, grip, gripe, haft, handgrip, handle, helve, lever, peduncle, petiole, pull, shank, stem, stock), побирам (accommodate, admit, carry, contain, receive, seat, sit, sleep, store, take), крепя (hold on, poise, prop up, retain, steady, uphold), считам (conceive, deem, esteem, guess, look on, make, reckon, regard, repute, see, suppose, think, vote), спазвам (adhere, comply, keep, mind, observe, preserve, respect, satisfy), разбиране (apprehension, comprehension, conception, feeling, grasp, grip, idea, knowing, opinion, perception, realization, taste, understanding, uptake), хващане (caption, catch, catching, grasp, grip, gripe, handhold, holding, prehension, purchase), хватка (clutch, grasp, grip, lock, wrist), фермата (pause), заемам (advance, borrow, fill, lend, loan, occupy, take over, take up), трая (continue, endure, extend, keep, last, save, stretch), затвор (bastille, bondage, calaboose, can, choky, clink, confinement, duress, gaol, jail, jug, kitty, limbo, lock, lockup, mew, pen, penitentiary, pokey, pound, prison, prison house, quod, shop, shut off, shutter, shuttle, stockade, stopper), контрол (charge, control, disposition, grasp, grip, gripe, lordship, oversight, superintendence, whip hand), важа (apply, hold good, run, sound), власт (arm, attribution, authority, authorization, control, disposition, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, helm, jurisdiction, lordship, mastership, mastery, obedience, potency, power, reign, rule), влияние (action, coloring, colouring, credit, dominance, domination, drag, effect, empire, force, grip, gripe, impact, influence, interest, leaven, prestige, pull, punch, purchase, reach, stimulus, sway), отслужвам (perform), съдържам (comprise, contain, encompass, imply, receive), трюм. (various references)

   

Catalan

  

continuar (continue, last). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(maintain, to grasp), 包容 (contain, forgive, pardon), (attach, brandish, forest, woods), 把握 (assurance, certainty, grasp, seize), 持有 , , , 握住 (grip), (barn, cabin, granary, storehouse), 举行 (held). (various references)

   

Czech

  

držet (adhere, keep, stick). (various references)

   

Danish

  

holde (hang onto, retain), lastrum (ship's hold), bevare (hang onto, retain). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ruim (above, extensive, more than, over, spacious, vast, wide, widely). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

holdo, teni (hang onto), daŭradi (continue, last). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

halda (account, accredit, believe, celebrate, deem, guess, hang onto, have a subscription, presume, retain, suppose, surmise, take in), taka um (hang onto, retain), lastarrúm, last. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نگهداشتن (Imprison, Prop, Restrain, Sustain), نگاهداری (Internment, Keep, Poise, Retention, Support), نگاه داشتن (Commemorate, Guard, Keep, Refrain, Retain, Save, Stay, Stop, Tackle), چسبیدن (Adhere, Cleave, Cling, Cohere, Glue), گرفتن (Capture, Catch, Cease, Circle, Detract, Devest, Educe, Engage, Front, Grab, Gripe, Kindle, Nail, Obtain, Obturate, Pickup, Snatch, Take, Wed), تصرف کردن (Grab), جاگرفتن (Situate), دردست داشتن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pitää (consider, hang onto, keep, look upon, maintain, regard, retain). (various references)

   

French

  

tenir (hold on to), cale. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

hâlde (hang onto, retain). (various references)

   

German

  

halten (born, borne, cease, clamp, come to a halt, give, halt, hang around, hang onto, held, 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), laderaum (load room, stowage), halt (foothold, footing, halt, just, purchase, security, simply, stop, support), Raum (area, berth, chamber, cubically, expanse, room, scope, space, sphere). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κρατώ (bear, carry, detain, hold пn to, hold οn to, hold out, intern, keep, keep to, reserve, retain, sustain, withhold), συγκρατώ (bottle up, check, clip, contain, control, curb, govern, hold back, hold in, hold together, keep down, keep in, restrain), αμπάρι (cargo hold, storeroom). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לאחוז (catch, connect, fasten, get hold of, grasp, grip, port, seize), להחזיק (grip, keep, maintain, wield), להכיל (consist, contain, include), לרתוק (bind, join, knock), תמיכה (aid, assistance, countenance, help, support, sustenance), תפיסה (apprehension, capture, cop, grasp, occupation, outlook, perception, seizure, snatch), תפש (clasp, grip), אחיזה (anchorage, clutch, grasp, gripe, holding, occupancy, seizing, support, tenure), השפעה (effect, influence, leverage, pull, swaying), החזיק, רכוש (capital, estate, possession, property, substance, wealth). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hord (bear, bore, borne, carry, to bear, to carry, to cart, to convey, to tote, wear), hatalom (ascendancy, authority, empire, force, hank, lever, leverage, lordship, mastership, mastery, might, potency, power, sway), hajótér (cargo hold, freight space), visszatart (contain, detain, hold back, hold in, 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), börtön (can, cells, confine, coop, gaol, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, jug, limbo, lockup, penitentiary, prison, prison house, quad, quod, stir, stockade), befolyás (ascendancy, drag, hank, impact, inflow, influence, leading, lever, leverage, potency, suck, sway), féken tart (to bridle, to bridle in, to curb, to hold down, to hold in check, to keep in check, to rein, to restrain), fékez (apply the brakes, brake, break, put on the brake, put on the brakes, to apply the brakes, to brake, to bridle, to check, to contain, to keep in), feltart (to detain, to elevate, to hold up, to retard, uphold), fermata, fog (catch, cog, dental, held, oppress, press, sawed, sawn, shall, sprocket, squeeze, take, teeth, to grab, to grab at, to grab for, to hold, to saw, tooth), fogás (catch, catching, clasp, clench, course, decrement, dish, grasp, grip, handle, knack, prehension, stopper, touch, trick, tweak), gátol (obstruct, to arrest, to baulk, to block, to clog, to clog up, to detain, to discourage, to embarrass, to hamper, to impede, to inhibit, to obstruct, to retard, to traverse, trammel), akadályoz (antagonize, bar, baulk, counterwork, cumber, encumber, hamper, impede, interfere, obstruct, prevent, to clog, to clog up, to cramp, to detain, to discourage, to embarrass, to encumber, to hamper, to hold up, to impede, to incapacitate, to inhibit, to keep from, to put back, to put off, to set back, to thwart, to tie, to traverse, trammel), várakoztatás, visszatartás (detention, entrapment, retardation, retardment, retention, suspense), jól sikerült felvétel, korona (corona, coronet, crown, palm), megtartás (holding, observance, observing, redeeming, retention), odú (burrow, cavity, den, earth, haunt, hole, hovel, lair, nest, rot), raktár (berth, depository, depot, dump, go down, godown, magazine, repository, stock, stock room, stockpile, storage, store, store room, storehouse, warehouse, yard), raktér (cargo bay, cargo hold), tart (bore, borne, continue, endure, head for, keep, keep on, last, make for, sustain, tend, to bear, to check, to cultivate, to hold out, to keep back, to keep off, to make for, to regard, to support, to sustain, trend, uphold), tartani (hang onto, retain), vár (abide, await, castle, expect, fastness, fortress, hang fire, stronghold, time and tide wait for no man, to await, to hang fire, to tend, to wait, to wait for, wait, wait for), gyám (bearer, Guardian, person in charge, prop, shoulder, stanchion, tree). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

höldum. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menggenggam (clutch), menggemal (gasp), menggandeng (tow), cengkraman (grip). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tenere (be for, be watertight, carry, deliver, follow, hang onto, help, hold oneself, keep, keep oneself, kept, regard, retain, stock, support, take, take up, value, wield), stiva (bulk), ritenere (account, assume, believe, calculate, consider, consider oneself, count, deem, detain, feel, hold back, keep, refrain, retain, withhold), durare (clamp, continue, endure, go on, halt, hold out, keep, keep on, last, persist, stand, survive, uphold, wear). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

貨物室 , 船艙 (hatch), ホーミング魚雷 (family doctor, family physician, get home, goal reached, HA, hall, Hands up!, HI, Hold up!, holding, hole, hole in one, hole out, Holmes, home, home automation, home banking, home bar, home comedy, home cooking, home drama, home economics, home electronics, home freezing, home game, home ground, home helper, home improvement, home page, home plate, home reservation, home run, home run derby, home security system, home shopping, home team, home terminal, home trade, home-directory, homemade, homemaker, homeroom, homesick, homespun, homestay, homestretch, homework, homing torpedo, horn, house dress, party, plain dress for everyday wear, platform, service that goes to clients' homes to give beauty treatments, soap opera, stealing home in baseball, wheel, wheel cap, whip, whipped cream, whistle), 掴み所 (grip, point), 把持 (grasp, grip), 持ち (charge, draw, durability, in charge, keep possession, life, usage, wear), . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ホールド , さい (ability, again, alas!, aptitude, circumstances, companion, cut, debt, difference, disparity, genius, gift, how!, judge, loan, my son, on the occasion of, planting, re-, repeated, rhinoceros, son, talent, the extreme, the most, what!, -years-old), つかみどころ (grip, point), せんそう (hatch, porthole, ship's hold, war), かもつしつ, もち (be not, birdlime, charge, do not, draw, durability, in charge, keep possession, life, must not, sticky rice cake, usage, wear), はじ (embarrassment, grasp, grip, shame). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

파악. (various references)

   

Malay

  

pegang (hang onto, retain), memegang (hang onto, retain). (various references)

   

Manx

  

shassoo (attitude, erection, halt; keeping, hold out, hold up, rampant, represent, stance, stand, standing, stop, tumescence), greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, gripping, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greim (bit, bite, catch, clutch, commissure, gobbet, grab, grasp, grip, handhold, monopolize, morsel, piece, snap, snatch, tack, tack needlework), cummal (abode, arrest, celebrate, celebration, contain, containment, contents, dwelling place, grip, inhabit, keep, live, residence, retain). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

holde, tak (roof), inneholde, grep (grasp, grip). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

tene (hang onto, retain), nister (hang onto, retain, sneeze). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oldhay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

wziąć (get, lay hold of, pick up, take), przesuwać (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone), odkładać (adjourn, delay, hold in abeyance, postpone), brać (get, lay hold of, pick up, take). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

segurar (assure, attach, bolster, clamp, cling, clip, ensure, grapple, guy, hang onto, hitch, hold back, indemnify, insure, pillar, pin, secure, seize, sustain, take, take up, underset, unrein, uphold), porão (basement, cargo hold, cellar), manter (abide, contend, feed, foster, go ahead, hang onto, have, hold down, keep, keep on, maintain, nourish, persist, preserve, retain, support, sustain, vie). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

continua (bide, carry on, carry through, continue, follow, go on, keep, keep it up, keep on, keep up, last, persist, play off, proceed, prosecute, pursue, resume), ţine (carry, check, continue, deliver, endure, hang onto, happen, keep, last, live, observe, own, poise, resist, retain, run, stand, stock, support, wield). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

tegnair (to hold). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

влияние (affectedness, authority, carry weight, cinch, credit, dominance, impact, influence, interest, leaven, say, weight), держать в тюрьме, иметь (get, have, own, possess), иметь силу, пауза (pause, rest), придерживаться (adhere to, hold on to, hold out for, keep, uphold), продержать (hold for a while), заключать в себе (comprise, embody, encompass, implicate, imply, presuppose), держать (keep), оборонять (defend, indefensibility), стоять (be, stand, stood), владение (barony, demesne, dominion, holding, possession, tenure), владеть (have, possess, wield), власть (ascendancy, ascendency, attribution, authority, clutch, control, domination, governance, grip, gripe, hand, helm, mastery, power, sway), вмещать (accommodate, admit, house, receive, seat), трюм (hold 2), трюмный, способность понимания, удерживать (coerce, dam back, deter, hold back, hold in, keep back, recoup, restrain, withhold), захват (caption, capture, catch, dog, grab, grapnel, grip, hug, jaw, lockout, seizure, take over, taking). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cum (celebrate, contain, hang onto, keep, retain). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zadržavanje (delay, detention, reservation, retention, set back, setback, stay), uticaj (ascendant, influence, interest, say, sway), oslonac (backbone, backing, rest, standfast, support, supporter), nositi (bear, bring, buffet, carry, have, pack, take, tote, waft, wear), držati (hold up, keep, repute, retain, support, wield), držanje (attitude, bearing, carriage, holding, manner, mien, observance, occupancy, pose, posture, setup), brodsko skladište. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sujetar (anchor, attach, clip, fasten, fix, hang onto, hold down, keep down, retain, secure), continuar (carry on, continue, drag on, endure, get along with smth., go on, keep, keep on, keep up, last, last out, proceed with, pursue, push on, remain, resume, sustain), tener (bear, carry, cut out, desire, experience, hang onto, have, have got, having, keep, keep on, keep up, live, live up, love, meet with, own, possess, practice, practise, retain, show, to have, travel, wear, wish), mantener (abide, hold up, keep, keep away, keep in, keep on, keep up, maintain, prop, provide for, raise, service, support, sustain, tend, wedge), contener (bottle up, bridle, check, comprise, contain, control, enclose, govern, hold back, hold in, include, incorporate, intercept, keep back, keep down, keep in, press back, restrain, rule, run by, smother, suppress). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

ori (hang onto, retain). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hålla (bear, carry, contain, deliver, hang onto, keep, last, lay, retain, take), tag (clench, clutch, grasp, grip, jag, pull, purchase, stroke, take, tug), inneha (fill, occupy, posses, possess), grepp (clutch, grab, grasp, grip, handle, holdfast, stop, touch). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

itagò (hang onto, retain). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เชื่อว่า, เก็บเอาไว้, เกาะติด, พันธนาการ, บรรจุ (stuff), กอด (hug), ทำให้ล่าช้า (hold back, keep back), การทำให้หยุดชะงัก, การควบคุม (direction, dominion, hand, rulership), การจับไว้, อดกลั้น (forbear, stifle), ครอบครอง, คุก (calaboose, chokey, gaol, lockup, nick), จับไว้, จัดเตรียม (arrange, fix up, set). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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 back, hold in, 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), ambar (barn, bin, clamp, depository, hutch, larder, office, repository, silo, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, warehouse). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tutmak (keep), eklemek (contain, look for). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сховище (accommodation, citadel, cover, covert, coverture, depository, depot, garner, haven, hide out, housing, repertory, vault, warehouse), утримувати (aliment, cater, deduct, detain, deter, interdict, keep, maintain, retain, subsist), утримування (retention), трюм, тримати (keep, poise, preserve), володіти (command, have, own, possess, wield), вміщувати (place), влада (arm, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, attribution, authority, cathedra, command, domination, faculty, grip, gripe, in, lordship, reign, rod), зупиняти (arrest, bar, cease, check, damp, deter, halt, hold up, nip, pull up, stanch, staunch, stop, withhold), захоплення (admiration, applause, capture, catch, delight, dementia, ecstasy, encroachment, enthusiasm, grab, gust, interest, mania, occupation, pre emption, rapture). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

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

   

Welsh

  

cadw (hang onto, keep, preserve, save). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

bisik (get, lay hold of, pick up, take). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-bamba (hang onto, retain). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Hold

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

alvei, alveo, alveos, alveum, alveus, coherebant, coherentem, coherentes, coherentia, coheres, collecta, collectae, collectam, collecti, collectis, collecto, collectos, collectum, collectus, collegerimus, collegeris, collegerunt, collegi, collegissent, collegisset, collegisti, collegit, colleximus, collexistis, colligam, colligant, colligas, colligat, colligatis, colligatur, colligebant, colligebat, colligendas, colligendi, colligendum, colligens, colligent, colligentem, colligentes, colligentur, colligere, colligerent, colligeret, colligeris, colliges, colligesque, colliget, colligetur, colligimus, colligit, colligite, colligitur, colligo, colligunt, colliguntur, conligare, conplexus, conplexusque, contenta, contenti, contentus, contine, contineant, continebantur, continebat, continebis, continebit, continebunt, continendi, continens, continent, continentem, continentes, continentia, continentis, continentur, continere, continerent, contineret, continet, continetis, continuerit, continuerunt, continuimus, continuisti, continuit, habe, habeam, habeamini, habeamus, habeant, habeas, habeat, habeatis, habebant, habebas, habebat, habebatque, habebimus, habebis, habebit, habebitis, habebitque, habebo, habebunt, habebuntque, habebuntur, habemus, habendum, habens, habent, habente, habentem, habentes, habenti, habentia, habentibus, habentis, habentium, habentur, habeo, habeo habui habitum, habere, haberem, haberemus, haberent, haberentur, haberes, haberet, haberetis, haberi, habes, habet, habete, habetis, habetisque, habeto, habetur, habita, habitae, habitas, habiti, habito, habitu, habitum, habiturum, habiturus, habitus, habor, habuerant, habuerat, habuere, habuerimus, habuerint, habueris, habuerisque, habuerit, habueritis, habuero, habuerunt, habueruntque, habui, habuimus, habuisse, habuissent, habuisset, habuisti, habuistis, habuit, habuitque, optinere, percontinuit, perhibeam, perhibebat, perhibebit, perhibemus, perhibens, perhibent, perhibente, perhibentibus, perhibeo, perhiberet, perhibes, perhibet, perhibetis, perhibui, perhibuisti, perhibuit, possederant, possederat, possederim, possederis, possederunt, possederuntque, possedi, possedimus, possedisti, possedistis, possedit, possessa, possessuri, possessurus, posside, possideamus, possideant, possideas, possideat, possideatis, possidebant, possidebas, possidebat, possidebis, possidebit, possidebitis, possidebo, possidebunt, possidebuntur, possidemus, possidendam, possidendas, possidendum, possidens, possident, possidentem, possidentis, possidentium, possideo, possidere, possiderem, possiderent, possideres, possideret, possideretis, possides, possidet, possidete, possidetis, potior, puta, putabam, putabant, putabantur, putabas, putabat, putabatur, putabis, putabitur, putamus, putandum, putans, putant, putare, putaremini, putaret, putas, putasne, putat, putationis, putatis, putaveris, putaverunt, putavi, putavimus, putavit, putes, putet, puto, tene, teneamus, teneant, teneat, teneatur, tenebam, tenebant, tenebantur, tenebas, tenebat, tenebatque, tenebatur, teneberis, tenebis, tenebit, tenebitur, tenebo, tenebunt, tenendam, tenens, tenensque, tenent, tenente, tenentem, tenentes, tenentium, tenentur, teneo, tenere, tenerem, tenerent, teneret, teneri, tenes, tenet, tenete, tenetis, tenetur, tenuerint, tenueris, tenuerit, tenuerunt, tenui, tenuisse, tenuisti, tenuit. (various references)

Old English450-1100

gehealdan, habban, heabban. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Hold

LanguageDateSource1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPanta dokimazete to kalon katecete
Latin405VulgateOmnia autem probate quod bonum est tenete
Old English990West SaxonCunniað eallu þing. Belafað be gode.
Middle English1395WyclifBut preue ye alle thingis, and holde ye that thing that is good.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleExamen all thinges and kepe that which is good.
Jacobean English1611King JamesProve all things; hold fast that which is good.
Victorian English1833WebsterProve all things; hold fast that which is good.
Basic English1964OgdenLet all things be tested; keep to what is good;

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Hold

Language1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 21
Cebuanohinonoa sulayi ninyo ang tanang butang; sagopa ninyo ang maayo,
Chinese但 要 凡 事 察 驗 . 善 美 的 要 持 守 。
CroatianSve provjeravajte: dobro zadržite,
Danishprøver alt, beholder det gode!
DutchBeproeft alle dingen; behoudt het goede.
Finnishmutta koetelkaa kaikki, pitäkää se, mikä hyvää on;
FrenchMais examinez toutes choses; retenez ce qui est bon;
Germanprüfet aber alles, und das Gute behaltet.
Haitian CreoleEgzaminen tout bagay byen, kenbe sa ki bon.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSegala sesuatu harus diuji, dan yang baik harus diikuti.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaHendaklah segala perkara kamu uji, dan yang baik kamu pegang.
LatvianPârbaudiet visu! To, kas labs - paturiet!
MaoriWhakamatautauria nga mea katoa; kia u ki te pai;
Norwegianmen prøv alt, hold fast på det gode,
Portuguesemas ponde tudo à prova. Retende o que é bom;   
RumanianCi cercetayi toate lucrurile, wi pqstrayi ce este bun.
RussianчУЕ ЙУРЩФЩЧБКФЕ, ИПТПЫЕЗП ДЕТЦЙФЕУШ.
ShuarAshí etserkamu ana nu nekasashit tusarum nekaatarum. Túrarum aya pénker ana nuke achiktarum.
Spanishmás bien, examinadlo todo, retened lo bueno.
SwahiliPimeni kila kitu: zingatieni kilicho chema,
Swedishmen pröven allt, behållen vad gott är,
UmaPekiri lompe' butu mela-na, niponciloi ba ngkai Alata'ala mpu'u-di ba bela-di, pai' kakamu to lompe'.

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

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hold

Derivations

Words beginning with "hold": holdable, holdall, holdalls, holdback, holdbacks, holden, holder, holders, holdfast, holdfasts, holding, holdings, holdout, holdouts, holdover, holdovers, holds, holdup, holdups. (additional references)

Words ending with "hold": ahold, behold, chokehold, copyhold, fingerhold, foothold, freehold, handhold, household, leasehold, overhold, overwithhold, roothold, stokehold, stranglehold, stronghold, subthreshold, threshold, throttlehold, toehold, uphold, withhold. (additional references)

Words containing "hold": aholds, beholden, beholder, beholders, beholding, beholds, bondholder, bondholders, candleholder, candleholders, cardholder, cardholders, chokeholds, coholder, coholders, copyholder, copyholders, copyholds, fingerholds, footholds, freeholder, freeholders, freeholds, gasholder, gasholders, handholding, handholdings, handholds, householder, householders, households, inholding, inholdings, jobholder, jobholders, landholder, landholders, landholding, landholdings, leaseholder, leaseholders, leaseholds, officeholder, officeholders, overholding, overholds, overwithholding, overwithholds, penholder, penholders, pewholder. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hold" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chold, helda, heldi, heldy, Hild, hlo, hlot, hlr, hmlt, hoad, hoalt, hodd, hodi, hodz, hoid, hola, holc, holda, holde, Holdt, holi, holid, holl, holp, hols, holz, Hool, Hoola, hooli, Hord, houd, hould, Hoxd, Hoyd, Iholdy, jold, kold, nold, ohl, phold, thold, vold, Yold, zold. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Hold"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hold" (pronounced hō"ld)
4h ō" l dahold, behold, holed, uphold, withhold.
3-ō" l dbold, bowled, cajoled, cold, consoled, controlled, decontrolled, doled, enfold, enrolled, extolled, fold, foretold, gold, Mold, mould, old, outsold, oversold, paroled, patrolled, polled, remold, resold, rolled, scold, sold, strolled, told, tolled, twofold, uncontrolled, undersold, unfold, unsold, untold, wold.

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

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Anagrams: Hold

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-h-l-o"

-1 letter: dol, hod, old.

-2 letters: do, ho, lo, od, oh.

 Words containing the letters "d-h-l-o"
 

+1 letter: ahold, dhole, holds, holed.

 

+2 letters: aholds, behold, dholes, dhooly, haloed, haloid, holard, holden, holder, holdup, holked, hondle, howled, oldish, should, tholed, uphold.

 

+3 letters: beholds, cheloid, chlorid, chordal, clothed, coldish, dithiol, dollish, dolphin, doltish, glochid, halidom, halloed, haloids, haploid, helloed, hidalgo, hilloed, hobbled, holards, holdall, holders, holding, holdout, holdups, holiday, hollaed, holland, holloed, holyday, hondled, hondles, hoodlum, hoppled, hoveled, hulloed, hyaloid, hyoidal, lithoed, lithoid, loathed, loudish, mudhole, shoaled, shooled, sloshed, toehold, upholds, whorled.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Derived from
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Bible Trace
23. Abbreviations
24. Acronyms
25. Derivations
26. Rhymes
27. Anagrams
28. Bibliography


  

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