hold

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , maybe from.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To grasp or grip.
 * 2)  To contain or store.
 * 3)  To maintain or keep to a position or state.
 * 4)  To have and keep possession of something.
 * 5)  To reserve.
 * 6)  To cause to wait or delay.
 * 7)  To detain.
 * 8)  To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
 * 9)  To keep oneself in a particular state.
 * 10)  To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
 * 11)  To bear, carry, or manage.
 * 12)  Not to move; to halt; to stop.
 * 13)  Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
 * 14) To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
 * 15)  To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
 * 16)  To maintain, to consider, to opine.
 * 17)  To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
 * 18) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
 * 19) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
 * 20)  To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
 * 21)  To win one's own service game.
 * 22) To take place, to occur.
 * 23) To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
 * 24)  To derive right or title.
 * 25)  In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
 * 26)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
 * 1)  To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
 * 2)  To bear, carry, or manage.
 * 3)  Not to move; to halt; to stop.
 * 4)  Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
 * 5) To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
 * 6)  To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
 * 7)  To maintain, to consider, to opine.
 * 8)  To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
 * 9) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
 * 10) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
 * 11)  To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
 * 12)  To win one's own service game.
 * 13) To take place, to occur.
 * 14) To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
 * 15)  To derive right or title.
 * 16)  In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
 * 17)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
 * 1)  To maintain, to consider, to opine.
 * 2)  To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
 * 3) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
 * 4) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
 * 5)  To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
 * 6)  To win one's own service game.
 * 7) To take place, to occur.
 * 8) To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
 * 9)  To derive right or title.
 * 10)  In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
 * 11)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
 * 1) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
 * 2)  To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
 * 3)  To win one's own service game.
 * 4) To take place, to occur.
 * 5) To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
 * 6)  To derive right or title.
 * 7)  In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
 * 8)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
 * 1) To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
 * 2)  To derive right or title.
 * 3)  In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
 * 4)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
 * 1)  In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
 * 2)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
 * 1)  In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
 * 2)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
 * 1)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
 * 1)  To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:grasp
 * ; See also Thesaurus:possess
 * See also Thesaurus:stop
 * See also Thesaurus:persevere
 * See also Thesaurus:desist
 * ; See also Thesaurus:happen

Derived terms

 * See also held and holding

Noun

 * 1) A grasp or grip.
 * Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
 * 1) An act or instance of holding.
 * Can I have a hold of the baby?
 * 1) A place where animals are held for safety
 * 2) 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.
 * 1) Something reserved or kept.
 * We have a hold here for you.
 * 1) Power over someone or something.
 * 2) The ability to persist.
 * 3) The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
 * 4)  A position or grip used to control the opponent.
 * He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
 * 1)  An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  The wager amount, the total hold.
 * As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
 * 1)  An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
 * 2) The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
 * 3) A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
 * 4)  A pause facility.
 * 5) * 1983, New Generation Software, Knot in 3D (video game instruction leaflet)
 * A hold facility is available; H holds, and S restarts.
 * 1) * 1987?, Imagine Software, Legend of Kage (video game instruction leaflet)
 * SCREEN 5 — Perhaps the toughest — going like the clappers sometimes works but generally you'll have to be smarter than that. If things get a little too hectic and you don't even have time to reach the HOLD key, try taking a short rest below the top of the stairs.
 * 1) The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
 * 1) A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
 * 2)  A pause facility.
 * 3) * 1983, New Generation Software, Knot in 3D (video game instruction leaflet)
 * A hold facility is available; H holds, and S restarts.
 * 1) * 1987?, Imagine Software, Legend of Kage (video game instruction leaflet)
 * SCREEN 5 — Perhaps the toughest — going like the clappers sometimes works but generally you'll have to be smarter than that. If things get a little too hectic and you don't even have time to reach the HOLD key, try taking a short rest below the top of the stairs.
 * 1) The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
 * 1)  A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.

Synonyms
isometric exercise

Etymology 2
Alteration (due to hold) of. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).

Etymology 3
From, , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to put something on hold; to cause delay
 * 2) to possess
 * 3) to reserve

Etymology
, from (🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) homage, tribute

Etymology 1
From. Also see, to which it is ultimately related.

Noun

 * 1) team
 * 2) class
 * 3) distance, side
 * 4) truth
 * 5) pain

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 ( > 🇨🇬).

Adjective

 * 1)  affectionate, devoted, loyal
 * 2)  gracious, graceful, comely, dainty
 * 1)  gracious, graceful, comely, dainty
 * 1)  gracious, graceful, comely, dainty
 * 1)  gracious, graceful, comely, dainty

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) moon, natural satellite
 * 2)  lunar
 * 1)  lunar

Etymology
From, from , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) flesh
 * 2) * Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
 * Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."
 * A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

Etymology 1
From, from , a variant on a root meaning ‘lean, incline’ (compare 🇨🇬, ).

Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) friendly, faithful

Etymology 2
From, from , from ,. Cognates include 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), and (from Indo-European) 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) carcass, flesh

Etymology 1
From, from ,. Cognates include 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), and (from Indo-European) 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dead body; carcass

Etymology 2
From, a variant on a root meaning ‘lean, incline’ (compare 🇨🇬, ).

Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) gracious, loyal, kind
 * 2) friendly
 * 3) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- ...and behēt þæt hē wolde him hold bēon eallum...

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) friendly, loyal