What is hold?

More definitions of "hold":

• (verb): Have as a major characteristic.
  Example: "The novel holds many surprises"; "The book holds in store much valuable advise"

• (verb): Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.
  Synonyms: support, sustain, hold up

• (noun): Time during which some action is awaited.
  Example: "He ordered a hold in the action"
  Synonyms: delay, time lag, postponement, wait

• (verb): Be valid, applicable, or true.
  Synonyms: prevail, obtain

• (verb): Take and maintain control over, often by violent means.
  Example: "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"

• (verb): Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.
  Synonyms: have, have got

• (verb): Have or hold in one's hands or grip.
  Example: "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of him"
  Synonyms: take hold

• (verb): Organize or be responsible for.
  Example: "Hold a reception"
  Synonyms: throw, have, make, give

• (verb): Keep from exhaling or expelling.
  Example: "Hold your breath"

• (verb): Support or hold in a certain manner.
  Synonyms: carry, bear

• (verb): Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance.
  Example: "Please hold a table at Maxim's"
  Synonyms: reserve, book

• (verb): Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).
  Synonyms: harbor, harbour, entertain, nurse

• (verb): Protect against a challenge or attack.
  Example: "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
  Synonyms: defend, guard

• (noun): Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.
  Synonyms: appreciation, grasp

• (noun): The space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo.
  Synonyms: cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area

• (verb): Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.
  Example: "I'll hold you by your promise"
  Synonyms: oblige, bind, obligate

• (verb): Be capable of holding or containing.
  Synonyms: contain, take

• (verb): Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
  Example: "Hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"
  Synonyms: deem, view as, take for

• (noun): Power by which something or someone is affected or dominated.
  Example: "He has a hold over them"

• (verb): Be in accord; be in agreement.
  Example: "I hold with those who say life is sacred"
  Synonyms: agree, concur, concord

• (verb): Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices.
  Synonyms: bear

• (noun): A stronghold.

• (verb): Be pertinent or relevant or applicable.
  Synonyms: apply, go for

• (verb): Drink alcohol without showing ill effects.
  Example: "He can hold his liquor"
  Synonyms: carry

• (noun): The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.
  Synonyms: handle, grip, handgrip

• (verb): Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.
  Example: "Hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"
  Synonyms: control, hold in, contain, check, curb, moderate

• (verb): Have room for; hold without crowding.
  Example: "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
  Synonyms: accommodate, admit

• (noun): A cell in a jail or prison.
  Synonyms: keep

• (verb): Aim, point, or direct.
  Example: "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames"

• (verb): Keep from departing.
  Example: "Hold the taxi"; "Hold the horse"

• (verb): To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.
  Synonyms: restrain, confine

• (verb): Keep in a certain state, position, or activity.
  Example: "Hold in place"
  Synonyms: keep, maintain

• (verb): Declare to be.
  Synonyms: declare, adjudge

• (noun): The act of grasping.
  Example: "She kept a firm hold on the railing"
  Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip

• (verb): Assert or affirm.
  Example: "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good"

• (verb): Hold the attention of.
  Example: "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound"

• (verb): Cover as for protection against noise or smell.
  Example: "She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate"; "hold one's nose"

• (verb): Remain committed to.
  Example: "I hold to these ideas"

• (noun): A state of being confined (usually for a short time).
  Example: "The prisoner is on hold"
  Synonyms: detention, custody

• (verb): Stop dealing with.
  Example: "Hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting"

• (verb): Cause to stop.
  Synonyms: halt, arrest

• (verb): Secure and keep for possible future use or application.
  Synonyms: retain, keep back, hold back

• (verb): Resist or confront with resistance.
  Synonyms: defy, withstand, hold up

• (verb): Remain in a certain state, position, or condition.
  Example: "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching"

Famous quotes containing the word hold:

“The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“Why do we like being Irish? Partly because
It gives us a hold on the sentimental English
As members of a world that never was,
Baptized with fairy water;”
—Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)

“To be made to hold his tongue is the greatest insult you can offer him—though he might be ready with a poker to make you hold yours.”
—Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865–1940)