Meaning

20 senses

  1. A grasp or grip.

    Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.

  2. An act or instance of holding.

    Can I have a hold of the baby?

    the act of grasping

  3. A place where animals are held for safety

  4. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.

    Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.

  5. Something reserved or kept.

    We have a hold here for you.

  6. Power over someone or something.

    The fad has gained a sure hold on every teenager.

    power by which something or someone is affected or dominated

  7. The ability to persist.

  8. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.

  9. A position or grip used to control the opponent.

    He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.

    захва́тzaxvát

  10. An exercise involving holding a position for a set time

  11. The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.

    The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.

  12. The wager amount, the total hold.

    As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015

Examples

3897 sentences

  1. Tom held a seat for me.

    Том зайняв для мене місце. — deniko

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  2. 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

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  3. 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

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  4. She is holding a red flower.

    Вона тримає червону квітку. — deniko

    ruОна держит красный цветок. — fjay69

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  5. Can you hold on a second?

    Можеш зачекати одну секунду? — deniko

    deKannst du mal kurz warten? — Luiaard

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
cargo area:
Русский
By meaning 2
wrestling grip:
cargo area:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cargo area:

Origin

Derived from Middle English holden, derived from Old English healdan, derived from Proto-W

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.

Alteration (due to hold) of hole. Cognate with Dutch hol (“hole, cave, den, cavity, cargo hold”), Dutch holte (“cavity, hollow, den”).

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Forms

plural: holds
Singularhold
Pluralholds

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

53 related words
Relatedbehold
DerivedhouseholdB1misholdaholdanchorholdapron-string holdbaggage holdbasket holdbreathholdchokeholdclimbing holdcommonholdcopyholdfiefholdfingerholdfirst-order holdfootholdgangsta holdhandholdhand-holdhold baggagehold-departure orderholdlesshold luggageholdman

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

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 dictionary
hoghogwashhoistC2holderB2holdingholeA1

Dictionary 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.

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