Meaning

2 senses

  1. To contain, hold in.

  2. To possess inherently, contain in oneself.

    c. 1604-1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cynthia If to the living were my muse addressed, Or did my mind her own spirit still inhold

Origin

From in- + hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, ho

From in- + hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, hold.

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Forms

inholds, inholding, inheld, inheld
Base forminhold · to inhold
3rd person singularinholds
Present participleinholding
Past simpleinheld
Past participleinheld

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinhold
he, she, itinholds

Past simpleLesson

all personsinheld

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave inheld
he, she, ithas inheld

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill inhold

Synonyms

1 synonyms
possessB1

Word family

2 related words
Relatedinholdinginholder

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inheritanceC1inhibitinhibitioninhibitorinhospitableinhumaninimicalinimitable
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