Hold
//həʊld//
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The word "hold" can be used as verb, noun and adjective.
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Omaha hold 'em Texas hold 'em a-hold ahold anchorhold apron-string hold baggage hold basket hold be left holding the baby behold breathhold buy and hold catch hold choke hold choke-hold chokehold climbing hold commonhold copyhold don't hold your breath fiefhold fingerhold first-order hold foothold forehold forehold forhold gangsta hold get a hold of get hold of grab hold hand-hold handhold held and holding hold a candle hold a candle for hold a grudge hold a gun to someone's head hold a light hold a mirror to hold a mirror up to hold a torch for hold accountable hold against hold all of the aces hold all of the cards hold all the aces hold all the cards hold back hold back on hold baggage hold by the button hold cheap hold come what may hold court hold dear hold down hold down the fort hold fast hold fire hold firm hold for ransom hold forth hold good hold hands hold hard hold harmless hold hostage hold in hold in contempt hold in derision hold in hand hold it hold it down hold it in hold it together hold luggage hold my beer hold my milk hold off hold on hold on for hold on to hold one's alcohol hold one's breath hold one's drink hold one's fire hold one's ground hold one's head above water hold one's head high hold one's horses hold one's jaw hold one's liquor hold one's mouth right hold one's nerve hold one's nose hold one's nose up hold one's own hold one's peace hold one's pee hold one's piece hold one's piss hold one's tongue hold one's water hold oneself together hold onto hold onto your hat hold out hold over hold over someone's head hold ransom hold serve hold short hold someone's feet to the fire hold someone's hand hold space hold still hold sway hold tack hold that thought hold the aces hold the book hold the cards hold the floor hold the fort hold the line hold the phone hold the purse strings hold the reins hold the ring hold the road hold the stage hold tight hold time hold to hold to account hold to ransom hold together hold true hold up hold up a mirror to hold up as hold up one's end hold up to hold water hold with hold with the hare and run with the hounds hold yew hard hold-all hold-departure order hold-down hold-up hold-up play hold-upper hold-ups holdable holdall holdase holdback holder holdfast holding holdless holdman hot hold household inhold jug hold landhold lay hold of lay hold on lay hold upon leasehold legal hold leghold let someone hold lifehold love hold luggage hold military hold mini-hold mishold mishold no holds barred offhold on hold one can't hold two watermelons in one hand one hand can't hold two watermelons onhold outhold overhold personal hold pinhold resthold roothold shorthold sleeper hold speak now or forever hold your peace stokehold stranglehold stronghold take hold threshhold throttlehold to have and to hold toe hold toe-hold toehold too hot to hold underhold uphold weapons hold wind hold wind-hold windhold winghold withhold zero-order hold
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act affirm aim appendage apprehension ask for assert aver avow be bear on becharm beguile believe bespeak bewitch booze break call for captivate capture catch cause cell charm come to command conceive concern confinement consider continue control control cover defer direct disable discernment disenable drink enamor enamour enchant enclosure entrance evaluate exist experience fascinate fastness feel fuddle get go along go on grasping have have got have to do with hit the bottle hold back hold on hold out hold over hold up incapacitate include induce intermission interruption jail cell judge keep keep back make move pass judgment pause pertain postpone prehension prevent prison cell proceed prorogue protect put off put over quest reckon refer regard relate remit request resist restrain savvy see seizing set back shelve stand firm stimulate stop stronghold support suspension sustain swan swear table take take aim taking hold think touch touch on train trance understanding verify view withstand
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ability accept action aircraft and retain and to apply arms bear behold bind caller caller on capture cargo cargo hold carry carry on catch clasp clasp clutch clutch confine consider constriction contain containment containment action continue cuddling delay detain embrace excretory faithful friendly fruit machine grab grab carry grab on grab onto grab tightly grabbing grabbing something gracious grapple grasp grasp on grasp tightly grasping grip gripping gripping action gripping technique hair halt hand hand action handle hands hang hang onto have have and hold back hug in arms in hand in hands interruption keep keep grabbing keeping kept limit long long hug lovers lovers hands maintain manage maneuver move occur old old in onto opine organise out pause persist phone phone interruption pick pick up possession power prevent prosecute queueing reel relief pitcher reserve restrain restraint retain retain possession seize service game shape ship spin statistic stop store style sustain take place technique tension tightly touch touching true up valid wait win with hand wrestling wrestling maneuver wrestling move
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