While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Contain crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on November 27 2024 Eugene Sheffer Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Contain has a total of 4 letters.

Rank	Answer	Clue	Publisher
99%	HOLD	Contain	Eugene Sheffer
20%	KOLA	Caffeine-containing nut	New York Times
20%	TINS	Kippered herring containers	Universal
20%	WRIST	Joint that contains eight small bones	Universal
20%	NATIONALFORESTS	They contain branches of the government	Universal
20%	CARGOSHIPS	Vessels with large containers	New York Times

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.

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