meaning of hold
1. The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
2. 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.
3. To retain in ones keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
4. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
5. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
6. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
10. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
11. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
12. In general, to keep ones self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
13. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
14. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
15. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
16. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
17. To restrain ones self; to refrain.
18. To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
19. 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.
20. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
21. Binding power and influence.
22. Something that may be grasped; means of support.
23. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
24. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
25. A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.
26. 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
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Related Words
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