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Definition: Hold |
HoldNoun1. 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. Verb1. 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) |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HOLD | English | Call hold | Post & Telecom |
HOLD | Finnish | Puhelun pito | Post & Telecom |
HOLD | German | Dienstmerkmal Halten | Post & Telecom |
HOLD | Greek | Συγκράτηση Κλήσης | Post & Telecom |
HOLD | Italian | Congelamento chiamata | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: HoldSynonyms: 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) |
Crosswords: Hold |
| English words defined with "hold": get hold ♦ hold 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 water ♦ scissors hold ♦ take hold, take hold of, To hold forth, To hold in, To hold in hand, To hold on, To hold tack, To hold water ♦ wrestling hold. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hold": APRON STRING HOLD ♦ Hold Hard, hold harmless, hold harmless agreement, hold harmless clause, Hold Off!, Hold One Guilty, Hold One in Hand, hold pen, hold pound, Hold the Fort ♦ PETTICOAT 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). |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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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. |
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| "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. | |
| Play | Caption |
| 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. | |
| Author | Quotation |
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. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
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. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
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. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(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. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | America has taken the lead in this new direction, and that lead America must continue to hold. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | When 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 | 1961-1963 | But few people would hold to that picture today. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | As President I hold the responsibility for choosing the best path to that goal and then leading the Nation along it. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | To hold down the cost of living, we must hold down the cost of government. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | In areas of peaceful competition with the Soviet Union, we will continue to more than hold our own. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Tonight America is stronger because of the values that we hold dear. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We'll hold a White House Conference on Social Security in December. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Americans 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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 54.51% | 6,951 | 1,390 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25.66% | 3,272 | 2,912 |
| Noun (singular) | 19.8% | 2,525 | 3,600 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12,751 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "hold". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Oded | N/A | Biblical | Hold or lift up |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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), zë (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 | 秉 (maintain, to grasp), 包容 (contain, forgive, pardon), 掗 (attach, brandish, forest, woods), 把握 (assurance, certainty, grasp, seize), 持有 , 扼 , 搤 , 握住 (grip), 倉 (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), 催 . (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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 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 English | 450-1100 | gehealdan, habban, heabban. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Panta dokimazete to kalon katecete |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Omnia autem probate quod bonum est tenete |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Cunniað eallu þing. Belafað be gode. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But preue ye alle thingis, and holde ye that thing that is good. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Examen all thinges and kepe that which is good. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Let all things be tested; keep to what is good; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | hinonoa sulayi ninyo ang tanang butang; sagopa ninyo ang maayo, |
| Chinese | 但 要 凡 事 察 驗 . 善 美 的 要 持 守 。 |
| Croatian | Sve provjeravajte: dobro zadržite, |
| Danish | prøver alt, beholder det gode! |
| Dutch | Beproeft alle dingen; behoudt het goede. |
| Finnish | mutta koetelkaa kaikki, pitäkää se, mikä hyvää on; |
| French | Mais examinez toutes choses; retenez ce qui est bon; |
| German | prüfet aber alles, und das Gute behaltet. |
| Haitian Creole | Egzaminen tout bagay byen, kenbe sa ki bon. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Segala sesuatu harus diuji, dan yang baik harus diikuti. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hendaklah segala perkara kamu uji, dan yang baik kamu pegang. |
| Latvian | Pârbaudiet visu! To, kas labs - paturiet! |
| Maori | Whakamatautauria nga mea katoa; kia u ki te pai; |
| Norwegian | men prøv alt, hold fast på det gode, |
| Portuguese | mas ponde tudo à prova. Retende o que é bom; |
| Rumanian | Ci cercetayi toate lucrurile, wi pqstrayi ce este bun. |
| Russian | чУЕ ЙУРЩФЩЧБКФЕ, ИПТПЫЕЗП ДЕТЦЙФЕУШ. |
| Shuar | Ashí etserkamu ana nu nekasashit tusarum nekaatarum. Túrarum aya pénker ana nuke achiktarum. |
| Spanish | más bien, examinadlo todo, retened lo bueno. |
| Swahili | Pimeni kila kitu: zingatieni kilicho chema, |
| Swedish | men pröven allt, behållen vad gott är, |
| Uma | Pekiri 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. | |
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hold" (pronounced hō"ld) |
| 4 | h ō" l d | ahold, behold, holed, uphold, withhold. |
| 3 | -ō" l d | bold, 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. | ||
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. | |
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