adj
Meaning 1
Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hold
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation: hōld
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Received-Pronunciation: /həʊld/
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Received-Pronunciation: [hɒʊɫd]
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British, Southern, Standard: /hɔwld/
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British, Southern, Standard: [hɔw(ɫ)d]
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British, Southern, Standard: /hɔld/ doll–dole merger
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Scotland: /hold/
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Scotland: [hoɫd]
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Wales: /hould/ without the toe–tow merger
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Wales: [houɫd] without the toe–tow merger
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Northumbria: /hæd/
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Northumbria: /haʊɫd/
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General-American: hōld
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General-American: /hoʊld/
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General-American: [hoəɫd]
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Canada: /hoʊld/
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Canada: [hoːɫd]
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homophone: holed
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rhymes with -əʊld
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A grasp or grip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An act or instance of holding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Can I have a hold of the baby?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A place where animals are held for safety
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Something reserved or kept.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We have a hold here for you.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Power over someone or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
The ability to persist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A position or grip used to control the opponent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: self-defense
Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling
Examples
- He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gambling, games
Examples
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
The wager amount, the total hold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gambling, games
Examples
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
A pause facility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 19
A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 21
The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport
Examples
- We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 22
To grasp or grip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Hold the pencil like this.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clasp, grasp, grip, beclasp, begrasp, begrip, belock, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, enclasp, fang, fondle, glaum, grab, grabble, hang on, hold on, hold tight, hold, nab, nim, seize, stranglehold, take
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 23
To contain or store.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- This package holds six bottles.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 24
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To have and keep possession of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- Hold my coat for me.
- The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: own, have, hold, possess
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 25
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To reserve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- Hold a table for us at 7:00.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 26
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To cause to wait or delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- Hold the elevator.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 27
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To halt or delay (medication) temporarily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: withhold
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 28
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To detain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- Hold the suspect in this cell.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 29
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: copulative, intransitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- to hold true
- The proposition holds.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 30
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To keep oneself in a particular state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: copulative, intransitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- to hold firm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 31
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 32
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To bear, carry, or manage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- He holds himself proudly erect.
- Hold your head high.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 33
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
Not to move; to halt; to stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: imperative, intransitive
Topics: heading
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anchor, astand, blin, brake, cease, desist, draw up, grind to a halt, halt, hold, immobilize, leave off, rest, stall, stay, stint, stop, swike
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 34
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: heading
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abide, astand, bear up, carry on, continue, endure, follow up, hang in there, hold on, hold out, hold the line, hold up, keep a stiff upper lip, keep trying, keep up, persevere, persist, plod, plug, plug away, resist, soldier on, stay, stay the course, stay the distance, stick it out, stick to, stick by one's guns, stick to one's guns, stick with, stick with it
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 35
To maintain or keep to a position or state.
To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: heading
Examples
- to hold one's bladder
- to hold one's breath
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 36
To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
To maintain, to consider, to opine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- She holds that passive index funds beat actively managed ones: she says that "set it and forget it," when done right, beats playing the market as a gambler.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: have it
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 37
To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.
- I'll hold him to that promise.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 38
To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: heading
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 39
To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: heading
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 40
To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: heading
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: absist, belay, blin, break off, cease, cess, cheese it, come to an end, desist, discontinue, forbear, give up, halt, have done with, hold, leave off, let up, rest, stanch, staunch, stay, stop, surcease, terminate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 41
To win one's own service game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 42
To take place, to occur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bechance, befall, behap, belimp, betide, betime, beworth, chance, come about, come to pass, crop up, evene, eventuate, go on, hap, happen, hold, occur, pass, take place, tide, transpire
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 43
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 44
To derive right or title.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 45
In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: imperative
Examples
- One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.
- A martini, please, and hold the olive.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 46
To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 47
the act of grasping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
Narrower terms: chokehold, choke hold, embrace, embracing, embracement, wrestling hold
noun
Meaning 48
the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enclosure
noun
Meaning 49
the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he grabbed the hammer by the handle
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: handle, grip, handgrip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appendage
Narrower terms: ax handle, axe handle, broomstick, broom handle, crop, haft, helve, hilt, hoe handle, knob, mop handle, panhandle, pommel, saddlebow, rake handle, stock, gunstock
noun
Meaning 50
a cell in a jail or prison
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: keep
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cell, jail cell, prison cell
noun
Meaning 51
a stronghold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stronghold, fastness
noun
Meaning 52
power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he has a hold over them
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: control
noun
Meaning 53
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he has a good grasp of accounting practices
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appreciation, grasp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
Narrower terms: sense
noun
Meaning 54
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his detention was politically motivated
- the prisoner is on hold
- he is in the custody of police
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: detention, detainment, custody
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confinement
noun
Meaning 55
time during which some action is awaited
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- instant replay caused too long a delay
- he ordered a hold in the action
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: delay, time lag, postponement, wait
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
Narrower terms: extension, moratorium, retardation
verb
Meaning 56
keep from exhaling or expelling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hold your breath
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
verb
Meaning 57
remain committed to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I hold to these ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: think, believe, consider, conceive
verb
Meaning 58
assert or affirm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
verb
Meaning 59
keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- take for granted
- view as important
- hold these truths to be self-evident
- I hold him personally responsible
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deem, view as, take for
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: see, consider, reckon, view, regard
verb
Meaning 60
hold the attention of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The soprano held the audience
- This story held our interest
- She can hold an audience spellbound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
verb
Meaning 61
be in accord; be in agreement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agree, concur, concord
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: settle, reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, see eye to eye, concede, yield, grant, subscribe, support, conclude, resolve, arrange, fix up
verb
Meaning 62
declare to be
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She was declared incompetent
- judge held that the defendant was innocent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: declare, adjudge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Narrower terms: admit, acknowledge, superannuate, bastardize, bastardise, certify, call, beatify, canonize, canonise, saint, pronounce, label, judge, cancel, strike down, formalize, formalise
verb
Meaning 63
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He's held by a contract
- I'll hold you by your promise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oblige, bind, obligate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relate
Narrower terms: pledge, article, indenture, indent, tie down
verb
Meaning 64
protect against a challenge or attack
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Hold that position behind the trees!
- Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: defend, guard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protect
verb
Meaning 65
aim, point, or direct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aim, take, train, take aim, direct
verb
Meaning 66
drink alcohol without showing ill effects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He can hold his liquor
- he had drunk more than he could carry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drink, booze, fuddle
verb
Meaning 67
have or hold in one's hands or grip
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Hold this bowl for a moment, please
- A crazy idea took hold of him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take hold
Antonyms: let go of
Narrower terms: grasp, hold on, cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutch, cradle, clinch, lock, interlock, interlace, trap
verb
Meaning 68
be the physical support of; carry the weight of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The beam holds up the roof
- He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam
- What's holding that mirror?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: support, sustain, hold up
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: scaffold, block, carry, chock, buoy, buoy up, pole, bracket, underpin, prop up, prop, shore up, shore, truss, brace
verb
Meaning 69
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: restrain, confine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disable, disenable, incapacitate
Narrower terms: tie down, tie up, bind, truss, fetter, shackle, enchain, pinion, impound, pound, pound up, pen up, fold, ground
verb
Meaning 70
cover as for protection against noise or smell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate
- hold one's nose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
verb
Meaning 71
support or hold in a certain manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She holds her head high
- He carried himself upright
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carry, bear
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: sling, stoop, piggyback, poise, balance, behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
verb
Meaning 72
organize or be responsible for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hold a reception
- have, throw, or make a party
- give a course
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: throw, have, make, give
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: direct
verb
Meaning 73
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bear a grudge
- entertain interesting notions
- harbor a resentment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harbor, harbour, entertain, nurse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feel, experience
verb
Meaning 74
cause to stop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Halt the engines
- Arrest the progress
- halt the presses
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: halt, arrest
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stop
verb
Meaning 75
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She has $1,000 in the bank
- He has got two beautiful daughters
- She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: have, have got
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: sustain, keep, maintain, hold on, monopolize, monopolise, wield, exert, stock, carry, stockpile, bear, hold
verb
Meaning 76
secure and keep for possible future use or application
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The landlord retained the security deposit
- I reserve the right to disagree
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: retain, keep back, hold back
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keep, hold on
Narrower terms: hold down
verb
Meaning 77
have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She bears the title of Duchess
- He held the governorship for almost a decade
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bear
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: have, have got, hold
verb
Meaning 78
take and maintain control over, often by violent means
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: control, command
verb
Meaning 79
keep from departing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Hold the taxi
- Hold the horse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prevent, keep
verb
Meaning 80
arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- reserve me a seat on a flight
- The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family
- please hold a table at Maxim's
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reserve, book
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: request, bespeak, call for, quest
Narrower terms: keep open, hold open, keep, save
verb
Meaning 81
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- moderate your alcohol intake
- hold your tongue
- hold your temper
- control your anger
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: control, hold in, contain, check, curb, moderate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
Narrower terms: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb, damp, mortify, crucify, deny, abnegate, train, catch, bate, thermostat, countercheck, counteract
verb
Meaning 82
stop dealing with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
verb
Meaning 83
be valid, applicable, or true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This theory still holds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prevail, obtain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exist, be
verb
Meaning 84
be pertinent or relevant or applicable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The same laws apply to you!
- This theory holds for all irrational numbers
- The same rules go for everyone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apply, go for
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with
verb
Meaning 85
keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- keep clean
- hold in place
- She always held herself as a lady
- The students keep me on my toes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: keep, maintain
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: pressurize, pressurise, continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve, hold over, conserve, distance, housekeep
verb
Meaning 86
remain in a certain state, position, or condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The weather held
- They held on the road and kept marching
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
verb
Meaning 87
contain or hold; have within
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The jar carries wine
- The canteen holds fresh water
- This can contains water
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bear, carry, contain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: include
Narrower terms: retain, enclose, hold in, confine
verb
Meaning 88
be capable of holding or containing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This box won't take all the items
- The flask holds one gallon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contain, take
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
verb
Meaning 89
resist or confront with resistance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The politician defied public opinion
- The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
- The bridge held
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: defy, withstand, hold up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
Narrower terms: weather, endure, brave, brave out
verb
Meaning 90
have room for; hold without crowding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
- The theater admits 300 people
- The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accommodate, admit
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: sleep, house, seat
verb
Meaning 91
have as a major characteristic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The novel holds many surprises
- The book holds in store much valuable advise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
From Middle English hold, holde, from Old English hold (“gracious, friendly, kind”), from Proto-West Germanic *holþ, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“favourable, gracious, loyal”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tend, incline, bend, tip”). Cognate with German hold (“gracious, friendly, sympathetic, grateful”), Danish and Swedish huld (“fair, kindly, gracious”), Icelandic hollur (“faithful, dedicated, loyal”), German Huld (“grace, favour”).
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold Derived from Middle English holden, derived from Old English healdan, derived from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, derived from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to tend, herd”), maybe derived from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”). Doublet of halt. Cognates *West Frisian hâlde *Low German holden, holen *Dutch houden *German halten *Danish *Norwegian Bokmål holde *Norwegian Nynorsk halda. Compare Latin celer (“quick”), Tocharian B käl- (“to goad, drive”), Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō, “to drive”), Sanskrit कलयति (kalayati, “to impel”).
Alteration (due to hold) of hole. Cognate with Dutch hol (“hole, cave, den, cavity, cargo hold”), Dutch holte (“cavity, hollow, den”).
Across languages
Translations
481 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: хващане (hvaštane) — grasp
- Finnish: ote — grasp
- Italian: presa — grasp
- Luxembourgish: Grëff — grasp
- Malayalam: പിടി (piṭi) — grasp
- Plautdietsch: Hool — grasp
- Spanish: agarre — grasp
- Tagalog: hawak — grasp
- Tagalog: tangan — grasp
- Tagalog: kapit — grasp
- Finnish: varasto — reserve
- Italian: prenotazione — reserve
- Tagalog: reserba — reserve
- Tagalog: laan — reserve
- Bulgarian: захват (zahvat) — wrestling grip
- Finnish: ote — wrestling grip
- Finnish: painiote — wrestling grip
- Greek: λαβή (laví) — wrestling grip
- Irish: greim — wrestling grip
- Irish: barróg — wrestling grip
- Italian: presa — wrestling grip
- Old Norse: tak — wrestling grip
- Russian: захва́т (zaxvát) — wrestling grip
- Spanish: presa — wrestling grip
- Bulgarian: издръжливост (izdrǎžlivost) — exercise
- Finnish: pito — exercise
- Finnish: pitäminen — exercise
- Serbo-Croatian: и̏здржај — exercise
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉzdržaj — exercise
- Finnish: talon etu — percentage that the house wins
- Belarusian: трум (trum) — cargo area
- Bulgarian: трюм (trjum) — cargo area
- Catalan: bodega — cargo area
- Chinese Mandarin: 船艙 /船舱 (chuáncāng) — cargo area
- Czech: podpalubí — cargo area
- Danish: last — cargo area
- Danish: lastrum — cargo area
- Dutch: ruim — cargo area
- Dutch: scheepsruim — cargo area
- Dutch: laadruim — cargo area
- Esperanto: kargejo — cargo area
- Esperanto: holdo — cargo area
- Estonian: laadruum — cargo area
- Finnish: ruuma — cargo area
- French: soute — cargo area
- French: cale — cargo area
- German: Frachtraum — cargo area
- German: Laderaum — cargo area
- German: Schiffsraum — cargo area
- Greek: αμπάρι (ampári) — cargo area
- Hebrew: סַפְנָה (safnah) — cargo area
- Hebrew: מַחְסָן (makhsan) — cargo area
- Hungarian: csomagtér — cargo area
- Hungarian: poggyásztér — cargo area
- Hungarian: raktér — cargo area
- Hungarian: rakodótér — cargo area
- Indonesian: ruang muatan — cargo area
- Italian: stiva — cargo area
- Japanese: 船倉 (sensō) — cargo area
- Korean: 선창 (seonchang) — cargo area
- Latin: caverna — cargo area
- Norwegian Bokmål: lasterom — cargo area
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lasterom — cargo area
- Polish: ładownia — cargo area
- Portuguese: porão — cargo area
- Romanian: cală — cargo area
- Romanian: hambar — cargo area
- Russian: трюм (trjum) — cargo area
- Kildin-Sami: трю̄мм (tr’ūmm) — cargo area
- Spanish: bodega — cargo area
- Swahili: falka — cargo area
- Swedish: hålskepp — cargo area
- Swedish: lastrum — cargo area
- Ottoman Turkish: انبار (anbar) — cargo area
- Ukrainian: трюм (trjum) — cargo area
- Uzbek: tryum — cargo area
- Afrikaans: hou — to grasp
- Albanian: mbaj — to grasp
- Albanian: ma — to grasp
- Amharic: ያዘ (yazä) — to grasp
- Arabic: مَسَكَ (masaka) — to grasp
- Arabic: مسك (misik) — to grasp
- Armenian: բռնել (bṙnel) — to grasp
- Armenian: պահել (pahel) — to grasp
- Aromanian: tsãn — to grasp
- Asturian: suxetar — to grasp
- Asturian: aguantar — to grasp
- Asturian: sostener — to grasp
- Asturian: tener — to grasp
- Aymara: asxasiña — to grasp
- Azerbaijani: tutmaq — to grasp
- Basque: heldu — to grasp
- Belarusian: трыма́ць (trymácʹ) — to grasp
- Bengali: ধরা (dhora) — to grasp
- Bhojpuri: धरल (dharal) — to grasp
- Breton: derc'hel — to grasp
- Bulgarian: държа́ (dǎržá) — to grasp
- Bulgarian: хваща́м (hvaštám) — to grasp
- Burmese: ကိုင် (kuing) — to grasp
- Catalan: tenir — to grasp
- Cherokee: ᎠᏰᎭ (ayeha) — to grasp
- Cherokee: ᎦᏁᎭ (ganeha) — to grasp
- Cherokee: ᎦᏰᎭ (gayeha) — to grasp
- Chinese Mandarin: 拿 (ná) — to grasp
- Chinese Mandarin: 持 (chí) — to grasp
- Chinese Mandarin: 把 (bǎ) — to grasp
- Corsican: tene — to grasp
- Czech: držet — to grasp
- Dalmatian: tenar — to grasp
- Danish: holde — to grasp
- Dutch: houden — to grasp
- Dutch: vasthouden — to grasp
- Esperanto: teni — to grasp
- Estonian: hoidma — to grasp
- Estonian: pidama — to grasp
- Faliscan: teneo (teneo) — to grasp
- Finnish: pitää — to grasp
- Finnish: pidellä — to grasp
- French: tenir — to grasp
- West-Frisian: hâlde — to grasp
- Friulian: tignî — to grasp
- Galician: termar — to grasp
- Galician: aguantar — to grasp
- Galician: ter — to grasp
- Georgian: დაჭერა (dač̣era) — to grasp
- Georgian: ჭერა (č̣era) — to grasp
- German: halten — to grasp
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan) — to grasp
- Greek: κρατώ (krató) — to grasp
- Ancient Greek: ἔχω (ékhō) — to grasp
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀃𐀏 (o-ka) — to grasp
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀐 (e-ke) — to grasp
- Hawaiian: paʻa — to grasp
- Hawaiian: hiʻi — to grasp
- Hebrew: הֶחְזִיק (hekhzík) — to grasp
- Hindi: पकड़ना (pakaṛnā) — to grasp
- Hindi: धरना (dharnā) — to grasp
- Hungarian: tart — to grasp
- Icelandic: halda — to grasp
- Ido: tenar — to grasp
- Igbo: jide — to grasp
- Indonesian: memegang — to grasp
- Ingrian: pittää — to grasp
- Interlingua: tener — to grasp
- Irish: coinnigh — to grasp
- Istro-Romanian: ţire — to grasp
- Italian: tenere — to grasp
- Italian: imbracciare — to grasp
- Japanese: 持つ (motsu) — to grasp
- Japanese: 掴む (tsukamu) — to grasp
- Japanese: 握る (nigiru) — to grasp
- Kaitag: бурца́ра (burcára) — to grasp
- Kaitag: буца́ра (bucára) — to grasp
- Kannada: ಹಿಡಿತ (hiḍita) — to grasp
- Kashubian: trzëmac — to grasp
- Kaurna: mankurrinthi — to grasp
- Kazakh: ұстау (ūstau) — to grasp
- Khmer: កាន់ (kan) — to grasp
- Korean: 들다 (deulda) — to grasp
- Korean: 쥐다 (jwida) — to grasp
- Kumyk: тутмакъ (tutmaq) — to grasp
- Northern Kurdish: girtin — to grasp
- Northern Kurdish: zeft kirin — to grasp
- Kyrgyz: кармоо (karmoo) — to grasp
- Kyrgyz: алуу (aluu) — to grasp
- Kyrgyz: жетелөө (jetelöö) — to grasp
- Lao: ຖື (thư̄) — to grasp
- Latin: teneo — to grasp
- Latvian: turēt — to grasp
- Lithuanian: turėti — to grasp
- Lombard: tegnì — to grasp
- Low German: holden — to grasp
- Low German: holen — to grasp
- Low German: hollen — to grasp
- Low German: hollen — to grasp
- Luganda: -kwata — to grasp
- Luxembourgish: halen — to grasp
- Macedonian: држи (drži) — to grasp
- Malay: memegang — to grasp
- Malayalam: പിടിക്കുക (piṭikkuka) — to grasp
- Maltese: żamm — to grasp
- Manx: cum — to grasp
- Manx: shass — to grasp
- Māori: pupuri — to grasp
- Māori: rawhi — to grasp
- Māori: rarawhi — to grasp
- Māori: rawhirawhi — to grasp
- Marathi: पकडणे (pakaḍṇe) — to grasp
- Mirandese: pegar — to grasp
- Mongolian: барих (barix) — to grasp
- Khiamniungan Naga: thōh — to grasp
- Nepali: लिनु (linu) — to grasp
- Nepali: पक्डिनु (pakḍinu) — to grasp
- Norwegian: holde — to grasp
- Occitan: téner — to grasp
- Occitan: tendre — to grasp
- Odia: ଧରିବା (dharibā) — to grasp
- Church Slavic: дрьжати (drĭžati) — to grasp
- Old English: beran — to grasp
- Ossetian: дарын (daryn) — to grasp
- Papiamentu: tene — to grasp
- Persian: نگه داشتن (negah dâštan) — to grasp
- Pitjantjatjara: tjulyani — to grasp
- Polish: trzymać — to grasp
- Polish: złapać — to grasp
- Polish: chwytać — to grasp
- Polish: chwycić — to grasp
- Portuguese: segurar — to grasp
- Portuguese: pegar — to grasp
- Punjabi: ਫ਼ੜ (faṛ) — to grasp
- Rapa Nui: aaru — to grasp
- Romanian: ține — to grasp
- Romansh: tegnair — to grasp
- Romansh: tener — to grasp
- Romansh: taner — to grasp
- Romansh: tigneir — to grasp
- Romansh: tgnair — to grasp
- Russian: держа́ть (deržátʹ) — to grasp
- Scots: haud — to grasp
- Scottish Gaelic: cum — to grasp
- Serbo-Croatian: држати — to grasp
- Serbo-Croatian: držati — to grasp
- Sicilian: tiniri — to grasp
- Sinhalese: අල්ලනවා (allanawā) — to grasp
- Slovak: držať — to grasp
- Slovene: držati — to grasp
- Somali: qabasho — to grasp
- Lower Sorbian: źaržaś — to grasp
- Spanish: aguantar — to grasp
- Spanish: sujetar — to grasp
- Sumerian: 𒁳 — to grasp
- Sundanese: cepeng — to grasp
- Swedish: hålla — to grasp
- Tagalog: humawak — to grasp
- Tagalog: hawakan — to grasp
- Tagalog: tumangan — to grasp
- Tagalog: tangnan — to grasp
- Tajik: нигоҳ доштан (nigoh doštan) — to grasp
- Tamil: பிடி (piṭi) — to grasp
- Tày: căm — to grasp
- Telugu: పట్టు (paṭṭu) — to grasp
- Tetum: kaer — to grasp
- Thai: ถือ (tʉ̌ʉ) — to grasp
- Tooro: -kwata — to grasp
- Turkish: tutmak — to grasp
- Ottoman Turkish: طوتمق (tutmak) — to grasp
- Turkmen: tutmak — to grasp
- Tuvan: тудар (tudar) — to grasp
- Ukrainian: трима́ти (trymáty) — to grasp
- Ukrainian: держа́ти (deržáty) — to grasp
- Urdu: پکڑنا (pakaṛnā) — to grasp
- Uyghur: تۇتماق (tutmaq) — to grasp
- Uzbek: tutmoq — to grasp
- Venetan: tegner — to grasp
- Vietnamese: giữ — to grasp
- Vietnamese: cầm — to grasp
- Vietnamese: nắm — to grasp
- Volapük: dakipön — to grasp
- Walloon: tni — to grasp
- Walloon: tini — to grasp
- Welsh: dal — to grasp
- Wolof: teyea — to grasp
- Xhosa: bamba — to grasp
- Xhosa: phatha — to grasp
- Yakut: тут (tut) — to grasp
- Yiddish: האַלטן (haltn) — to grasp
- Zazaki: tepışyen — to grasp
- Zealandic: 'ouwe — to grasp
- Zealandic: vast'ouwe — to grasp
- Zulu: bamba — to grasp
- Zulu: phatha — to grasp
- Albanian: përmba — to contain — see also contain
- Armenian: պարունակել (parunakel) — to contain — see also contain
- Bengali: ধরা (dhora) — to contain — see also contain
- Breton: derc'hel — to contain — see also contain
- Bulgarian: съдържам (sǎdǎržam) — to contain — see also contain
- Dutch: bevatten — to contain — see also contain
- Esperanto: enteni — to contain — see also contain
- Finnish: sisältää — to contain — see also contain
- French: contenir — to contain — see also contain
- Galician: conter — to contain — see also contain
- Greek: περιέχω (periécho) — to contain — see also contain
- Ancient Greek: χανδάνω (khandánō) — to contain — see also contain
- Hindi: समाविष्ट (samāviṣṭ) — to contain — see also contain
- Hindi: बाँधना (bāndhnā) — to contain — see also contain
- Hindi: रोकना (roknā) — to contain — see also contain
- Hungarian: tartalmaz — to contain — see also contain
- Icelandic: rúma — to contain — see also contain
- Irish: coinnigh — to contain — see also contain
- Italian: contenere — to contain — see also contain
- Japanese: 入っている (haitteiru) — to contain — see also contain
- Japanese: 保持する (hojisuru) — to contain — see also contain
- Japanese: 擁する (yōsuru) — to contain — see also contain
- Lithuanian: turėti — to contain — see also contain
- Luxembourgish: faassen — to contain — see also contain
- Māori: kumu — to contain — see also contain
- Māori: pepa — to contain — see also contain
- Portuguese: segurar — to contain — see also contain
- Portuguese: aguentar — to contain — see also contain
- Portuguese: ter — to contain — see also contain
- Portuguese: conter — to contain — see also contain
- Romanian: conține — to contain — see also contain
- Russian: содержа́ть (soderžátʹ) — to contain — see also contain
- Swedish: innehålla — to contain — see also contain
- Swedish: rymma — to contain — see also contain
- Tagalog: maglaman — to contain — see also contain
- Tagalog: malaman — to contain — see also contain
- Tagalog: maglulan — to contain — see also contain
- Tagalog: malulan — to contain — see also contain
- Telugu: పెట్టు (peṭṭu) — to contain — see also contain
- Ukrainian: утри́мувати (utrýmuvaty) — to contain — see also contain
- Vietnamese: chứa — to contain — see also contain
- Vietnamese: đựng — to contain — see also contain
- Volapük: kipädön — to contain — see also contain
- Albanian: maj — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Armenian: պահել (pahel) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Basque: eduki — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Bengali: ধরা (dhora) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Bulgarian: владея (vladeja) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Catalan: sostenir — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Dutch: bijhouden — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Finnish: pitää — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Finnish: säilyttää — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- French: garder — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- French: tenir — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Hindi: रखना (rakhnā) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Hungarian: tart — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Irish: coinnigh — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Irish: coimeád — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Italian: mantenere — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Italian: tenere — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Italian: serbare — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Japanese: 持つ (motsu) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Japanese: 保持する (hojisuru) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Japanese: 所持する (shojisuru) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Latin: habeo — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Latin: teneo — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Latin: possideo — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Latin: sedeo — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Lithuanian: turėti — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Māori: mau — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Māori: pupuri — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Polish: dzierżyć — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Portuguese: ter — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Portuguese: possuir — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Portuguese: deter — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Romanian: ține — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Spanish: sujetar — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Spanish: detentar (illegitimately) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Sundanese: cepeng — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Tagalog: humawak — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Tagalog: hawakan — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Tagalog: tumangan — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Tagalog: tangnan — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Telugu: ఉంచు (uñcu) — to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
- Albanian: ruajt — to reserve — see also reserve
- Bengali: রাখা (rakha) — to reserve — see also reserve
- Bulgarian: запазвам (zapazvam) — to reserve — see also reserve
- Catalan: reservar — to reserve — see also reserve
- Catalan: guardar — to reserve — see also reserve
- Danish: bestille — to reserve — see also reserve
- Danish: reservere — to reserve — see also reserve
- Esperanto: rezervi — to reserve — see also reserve
- Finnish: pitää — to reserve — see also reserve
- Finnish: varata — to reserve — see also reserve
- French: garder — to reserve — see also reserve
- Hungarian: fenntart — to reserve — see also reserve
- Italian: tenere — to reserve — see also reserve
- Italian: prenotare — to reserve — see also reserve
- Japanese: 予約する (yoyaku-suru) — to reserve — see also reserve
- Latin: assigno — to reserve — see also reserve
- Lithuanian: išlaikyti — to reserve — see also reserve
- Portuguese: segurar — to reserve — see also reserve
- Portuguese: guardar — to reserve — see also reserve
- Romanian: ține — to reserve — see also reserve
- Romanian: rezerva — to reserve — see also reserve
- Swedish: reservera — to reserve — see also reserve
- Telugu: భధ్రించు (bhadhriñcu) — to reserve — see also reserve
- Bengali: ধরা (dhora) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Bulgarian: задържам (zadǎržam) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Catalan: mantenir — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Czech: zdržet — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Danish: tilbageholde — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Dutch: tegenhouden — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Finnish: pitää — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Finnish: pidellä — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Finnish: pidätellä — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Finnish: pitää varattuna — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- French: retenir — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Greek: βάζω σε αναμονή (vázo se anamoní) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Hungarian: tart — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Italian: trattenere — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Japanese: 止める (tomeru) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Japanese: 遅れさせる (okuresaseru) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Lithuanian: sulaikyti — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Polish: wstrzymać — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Polish: zatrzymać — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Portuguese: segurar — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Portuguese: atrasar — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Romanian: ține (pe cineva) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Russian: заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Russian: задержа́ть (zaderžátʹ) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Tagalog: pahintuan — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Tagalog: patigilin — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Tagalog: magpahinto — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Tagalog: tumigil — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Ukrainian: затри́мувати (zatrýmuvaty) — to cause to wait — see also maintain
- Bengali: ধরা (dhora) — to detain — see also detain
- Bulgarian: задържам (zadǎržam) — to detain — see also detain
- Catalan: detenir — to detain — see also detain
- Czech: zadržet — to detain — see also detain
- Danish: anholde — to detain — see also detain
- Dutch: vasthouden — to detain — see also detain
- Finnish: pitää — to detain — see also detain
- Finnish: pidättää — to detain — see also detain
- French: détenir — to detain — see also detain
- Hungarian: tart — to detain — see also detain
- Japanese: 拘束する (kōsoku) — to detain — see also detain
- Lithuanian: sulaikyti — to detain — see also detain
- Occitan: deténer — to detain — see also detain
- Polish: zatrzymać — to detain — see also detain
- Portuguese: conter — to detain — see also detain
- Portuguese: deter — to detain — see also detain
- Romanian: deține — to detain — see also detain
- Russian: заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) — to detain — see also detain
- Russian: задержа́ть (zaderžátʹ) — to detain — see also detain
- Swedish: anhålla — to detain — see also detain
- Tagalog: magpigil — to detain — see also detain
- Tagalog: pumigil — to detain — see also detain
- Tagalog: mapigil — to detain — see also detain
- Tagalog: pigilin — to detain — see also detain
- Bengali: মনে করা (mone kora) — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Danish: anse — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Finnish: pitää — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- French: soutenir — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Ancient Greek: ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai) — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Ancient Greek: νομίζω (nomízō) — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Italian: trattenere — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Italian: tenere — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Lithuanian: išlaikyti — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Māori: whakanonoi — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Occitan: sosténer — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Occitan: téner — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Polish: utrzymywać — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Portuguese: considerar — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Portuguese: sustentar — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Romanian: menține — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Swedish: anse — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Tagalog: magpalagay — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Tagalog: ipalagay — to maintain, to consider — see also maintain
- Finnish: pitää — to bind to a consequence of one's actions
- Italian: mantenere — to bind to a consequence of one's actions
- Tagalog: magpapanagot — to bind to a consequence of one's actions
- Tagalog: papanagutin — to bind to a consequence of one's actions
- Bulgarian: в сила съм (v sila sǎm) — to be or remain valid
- Finnish: pysyä — to be or remain valid
- German: gelten — to be or remain valid
- Italian: ritenere — to be or remain valid
- Luxembourgish: gëllen — to be or remain valid
- Portuguese: contar — to be or remain valid
- Portuguese: valer — to be or remain valid
- Tagalog: manatili — to be or remain valid
- Tagalog: mamalagi — to be or remain valid
- Tagalog: magpatuloy — to be or remain valid
- Finnish: pitää syöttönsä — (tennis) to win one’s service game
- Chinese Mandarin: 舉行 /举行 (jǔ xíng) — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Danish: holde — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Danish: anordne — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Esperanto: organizi — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Finnish: pitää — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- French: tenir — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- German: austragen — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- German: abhalten — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Portuguese: realizar — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Romanian: a ține — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Russian: проводить (provoditʹ) — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Swedish: hålla — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Swedish: anordna — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Tagalog: magdaos — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Tagalog: idaos — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain
- Tamil: நடத்து (naṭattu) — to organise an event or meeting — see also take place, celebrate, realize, carry out, sustain