Handhold

Word HANDHOLD
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Definitions and meanings of "Handhold"

What do we mean by handhold?

A grip of or by the hand. noun

Something that one can hold onto for support. noun

In car-building, an iron bar firmly fixed to the side or end of a freight-car to assist trainmen in boarding it; a grab-iron. noun

Hold or grasp with the hand. Compare foothold, 1. noun

The handle of an anglers' rod, formed by that part of the butt which is just above the reel: it is often wrapped with velvet, ratan, or cord. noun

A projection that one may hold onto for support noun

An appendage to hold onto noun

To hold in the hand.

To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along).

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The word "handhold" in example sentences

I suppose we shouldn't leave out 'handhold' as another. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

Length are 24 inch plus a little as a "handhold" for better handling at the start and at the end. ❋ A Stitch In Time (2009)

She threw her arms out and fought to find any kind of handhold she could, but it was no use. ❋ Brad Thor (2004)

I've always felt that this was just a little bit too late - by the time June rolls around, you're competing with literally millions of recent grads, all frantic to find some kind of handhold in this thing called "real life". ❋ Dustin Wax (2008)

Instead I used my right hand to grab a shaky handhold up at my eye level on the rock face and tried to pull myself up. ❋ Franklin W. Dixon (2011)

He came to believe that working people, poor people, put down and stepped upon, had to organize if they were going to clean up the slums, fight the corruption that exploited them, and get a handhold on the first rung of the ladder up and out. ❋ Bill Moyers (2012)

Wingnuts like pez are so desperate to find a handhold on the President, like they did with Clinton and Whitewater, that they are reduced to declaring everything a “fail”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Occasionally a toehold or handhold crumbled beneath him, the loose rock falling and bouncing and tumbling down the slope. ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)

I look for a toehold, plant my hands on a boulder, and push myself up a few feet only to look for another toehold, then handhold, and repeat the process. ❋ Margie Goldsmith (2011)

He charged upward, from handhold to foothold, his legs shaking violently from the buildup of lactic acid. ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)

I molded my foot around it and pushed up, scrambling for and finding another handhold farther up the rock face. ❋ Franklin W. Dixon (2011)

My hands plunged under the water, fingers searching for a secure handhold. ❋ Joseph Pierce Farrell (2011)

The upper layers of the tower are built as quickly as possible in order to put minimal strain on the lower castellers, with each new addition scrambling up and using a team-mate's waist sash as a handhold or foothold. ❋ Unknown (2012)

There is one actual handhold that's not a palm on the whole route. ❋ Stillsostrange (2009)

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