| Hold |
n. |
The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge. |
| Hold |
v. t. |
To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high. |
| Hold |
n. i. |
In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence: |
| Hold |
n. i. |
Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative. |
| Hold |
n. i. |
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. |
| Hold |
n. i. |
Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. |
| Hold |
n. i. |
Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. |
| Hold |
n. i. |
To restrain one's self; to refrain. |
| Hold |
n. i. |
To derive right or title;
generally with of. |
| Hold |
n. |
The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession;
often used with the verbs take and lay. |
| Hold |
n. |
The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. |
| Hold |
n. |
Binding power and influence. |
| Hold |
n. |
Something that may be grasped; means of support. |
| Hold |
n. |
A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. |
| Hold |
n. |
A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle;
often called a stronghold. |
| Hold |
n. |
A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged;
called also pause, and corona. |
| Holdback |
n. |
Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. |
| Holdback |
n. |
The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used. |
| Holden |
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of Hold |
| Holder |
n. |
One who is employed in the hold of a vessel. |
| Holder |
n. |
One who, or that which, holds. |
| Holder |
n. |
One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant. |
| Holder |
n. |
The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it. |
| Holder-forth |
n. |
One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. |
| Holdfast |
n. |
Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. |
| Holdfast |
n. |
A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture. |
| Holding |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Hold |
| Holding |
n. |
The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining. |
| Holding |
n. |
A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another. |
| Holding |
n. |
That which holds, binds, or influences. |
| Holding |
n. |
The burden or chorus of a song. |
