The Meaning of hold

• (n.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
• (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.
• (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.
• (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
• (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (v. t.) To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
• (v. t.) To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
• (n. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
• (n. i.) Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
• (n. i.) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
• (n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
• (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
• (n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.
• (n. i.) To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
• (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.
• (n.) The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
• (n.) Binding power and influence.
• (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
• (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
• (n.) A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
• (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.

Synonyms

clasp , clench , clutch , clutches , grasp , grip , appreciation , grasp , delay , time lag , postponement , wait , detention , detainment , custody , keep , handle , grip , handgrip , cargo area , cargo deck , cargo hold , storage area , keep , maintain , take hold , throw , have , make , give , have , have got , deem , view as , take for , harbor , harbour , entertain , nurse , restrain , confine , retain , keep back , hold back , bear , support , sustain , hold up , bear , carry , contain , accommodate , admit , carry , bear , prevail , obtain , contain , take , reserve , book , defend , guard , oblige , bind , obligate , defy , withstand , hold up , apply , go for , control , hold in , contain , check , curb , moderate , halt , arrest , carry , declare , adjudge , agree , concur , concord

Antonyms

let go of , disagree

Homophones

holde

Rhymes

ahold , behold , berthold , billfold , blindfold , bold , bowled , cajoled , centerfold , chokehold , cold , consoled , controlled , decontrolled , dold , doled , eightfold , enfold , enrolled , fivefold , fold , foothold , fourfold , freehold , gold , golde , griswold , handhold , holde , household , leasehold , leopold , lippold , machold , mangold , manifold , marigold , mold , mould , ninefold , nold , nolde , old , olde , outsold , oversold , paroled , patrolled , penfold , poled , polled , remold , resold , rheingold , ringgold , roald , rolled , scold , sevenfold , sixfold , sold , stranglehold , strolled , stronghold , tenfold , threefold , threshold , told , tolled , twofold , uncontrolled , undersold , unfold , unsold , untold , uphold , vold , withhold , wold