hold
/hoʊld/ noun A1- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold). · We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane.
Plural holds
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- hold back To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
- hold by To subscribe to (an idea , rule, authority, etc.); to per...
- hold down To restrain; to check.
- hold in To keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping.
- hold off To delay (someone or something) temporarily; to keep at bay.
- hold on To grasp or grip firmly.
- hold onto To manage to keep something.
- hold out To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward.
- hold over (Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limit...
- hold up To wait or delay.
From the library
“Hold your tongue, you fool!—what should you know about it?—why, you were drunk!”
I am, temporarily, commander of the Pharaon, with the certainty of being permanently so, if that fool of a Caderousse can be persuaded to hold his tongue.
So she took hold of his arm and managed to get along fairly well.
So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow took hold of the tin head and moved it gently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.
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