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We have spotted HOLD (4 Letters) a total of 42 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with HOLD and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
• | The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed. |
• | To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. |
• | To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. |
• | To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office. |
• | To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. |
• | To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. |
• | To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service. |
• | To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for. |
• | To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. |
• | To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge. |
• | To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high. |
• | In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence: |
• | Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative. |
• | Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. |
• | Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. |
• | Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. |
• | To restrain one's self; to refrain. |
• | To derive right or title; -- generally with of. |
• | The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay. |
• | The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. |
• | Binding power and influence. |
• | Something that may be grasped; means of support. |
• | A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. |
• | A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold. |
• | A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Maintain
- Callback alternative
- Answering system limbo
- Clasp in the hand
- ___ vous (polite French phrase)
- Clasp in your hand
- Grasp
- Cherish
- Embrace
- Pend
- Cargo compartment
- Wait during a call
- Contain
- ___ your horses!
- Texas ___'em
Usage among publishers:
- LA Times: Aug 10, 2024
- LA Times: Jun 16, 2024
- LA Times: May 21, 2024
- Newsday: Apr 30, 2024
- New York Times: Apr 26, 2024
- Newsday: Apr 15, 2024
- USA Today: Feb 20, 2024
- New York Times: Jan 17, 2024
- LA Times: Aug 20, 2023
- LA Times: Aug 2, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Aug 1, 2023
- USA Today: May 8, 2023
- Eugene Sheffer: Apr 21, 2023
- USA Today: Mar 9, 2023
- Universal: Feb 1, 2023