noun
Meaning 1
An inclination; a cant.
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hield
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noun
Meaning 2
An incline; slope.
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noun
Meaning 3
A decline; decrease; wane.
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verb
Meaning 4
To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To pour out; pour.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To throw; cast; put.
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Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurtle, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, slight, skew, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing, yeet
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verb
Meaning 7
To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To decline; sink; go down.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To yield; give way; surrender.
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Usage: intransitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English held, from Old English hielde (“slope, declivity”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijōn, *halþijō (“inclination, slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with German Halde (“slope”), Danish hæld (“an incline, slope”).
From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden (“to incline”), Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), Icelandic hella (“to pur”). See also heel.