Definitions
1.VerbTo grasp or grip."Hold the pencil like this."
2.VerbTo contain or store."This package holds six bottles."
3.VerbTo maintain or keep to a position or state.
To have and keep possession of something."Hold my coat for me.; The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.; Hold a table for us at 7:00.; Hold the elevator.; Hold the suspect in this cell.; to hold true; The proposition holds.; to hold firm; He holds himself proudly erect.; Hold your head high.; to hold one's bladder; to hold one's breath"
4.VerbTo have and keep possession of something."Hold my coat for me.; The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs."
5.VerbTo reserve."Hold a table for us at 7:00."
6.VerbTo cause to wait or delay."Hold the elevator."
7.VerbTo halt or delay (medication) temporarily.
8.VerbTo detain."Hold the suspect in this cell."
9.VerbTo be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person)."to hold true; The proposition holds."
10.VerbTo keep oneself in a particular state."to hold firm"
11.VerbTo impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
12.VerbTo bear, carry, or manage."He holds himself proudly erect.; Hold your head high."
13.VerbNot to move; to halt; to stop.
14.VerbNot to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
15.VerbTo remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function."to hold one's bladder; to hold one's breath"
16.VerbTo maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
To maintain, to consider, to opine."She holds that passive index funds beat actively managed ones: she says that "set it and forget it," when done right, beats playing the market as a gambler.; He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.; I'll hold him to that promise."
17.VerbTo maintain, to consider, to opine."She holds that passive index funds beat actively managed ones: she says that "set it and forget it," when done right, beats playing the market as a gambler."
18.VerbTo bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions."He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.; I'll hold him to that promise."
19.VerbTo maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
20.VerbTo accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
21.VerbTo restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
22.VerbTo win one's own service game.
23.VerbTo take place, to occur.
24.VerbTo organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice)."Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month."
25.VerbTo derive right or title.
26.VerbIn a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.; A martini, please, and hold the olive."
27.VerbTo be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
28.NounA grasp or grip."Keep a firm hold on the handlebars."
29.NounAn act or instance of holding."Can I have a hold of the baby?"
30.NounA place where animals are held for safety
31.NounAn 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."
32.NounSomething reserved or kept."We have a hold here for you."
33.NounPower over someone or something.
34.NounThe ability to persist.
35.NounThe property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
36.NounA position or grip used to control the opponent."He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat."
37.NounAn exercise involving holding a position for a set time
38.NounThe 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."
39.NounThe wager amount, the total hold."As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015"
40.NounAn instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
41.NounThe part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
42.NounA fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
43.NounA pause facility.
44.NounThe queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
45.NounA 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.
46.NounA region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
47.NounThe cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold)."We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane."
48.AdjectiveGracious; friendly; faithful; true.