hold
Gracious; friendly; faithful; trueGracious; friendly; faithful; true.
» Tom held a seat for me.
Том зайняв для мене місце. — deniko
Том притримав для мене місце. — deniko
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1 senses(obsolete)Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
Examples
3897 sentencesTom held a seat for me.
Том зайняв для мене місце. — deniko
I held my breath and waited.
Я затримав дихання і чекав. — deniko
ruЯ ждал затаив дыхание. — Hellerick
deIch hielt den Atem an und wartete. — Vortarulo
Take a breath and hold it.
Зробіть вдих і затримайте дихання. — deniko
ruСделайте вдох и задержите дыхание. — sharptoothed
deAtme ein und halte den Atem an. — Yorwba
She is holding a red flower.
Вона тримає червону квітку. — deniko
ruОна держит красный цветок. — fjay69
Can you hold on a second?
Можеш зачекати одну секунду? — deniko
deKannst du mal kurz warten? — Luiaard
Origin
From Middle English hold, holde, from Old English hold (“gracious, friendly, kind”), fromFrom 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”).
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Forms
more hold, most holdLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Phone and video calls — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- a hold of
- get a hold
- was holding a
- holding hands
- will be held
- held out his
- being being held
- hold my breath
- held his breath
- hold onto
- hold my hand
- hold your hand
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.