Hold

What do we mean by hold?

To have and keep in one's grasp. intransitive verb

To aim or direct; point. intransitive verb

To keep from falling or moving; support. intransitive verb

To sustain the pressure of. intransitive verb

To keep from departing or getting away. intransitive verb

To keep in custody. intransitive verb

To retain (one's attention or interest). intransitive verb

To avoid letting out or expelling. intransitive verb

To be filled by; contain. intransitive verb

To be capable of holding: synonym: contain. intransitive verb

To have as a chief characteristic or quality. intransitive verb

To have in store. intransitive verb

To have and maintain in one's possession. intransitive verb

To have as a responsible position or a privilege. intransitive verb

To have in recognition of achievement or superiority. intransitive verb

A grasp or grip.

An act or instance of holding.

A place where animals are held for safety

An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.

Something reserved or kept.

Power over someone or something.

The ability to persist.

The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.

A position or grip used to control the opponent.

(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time

The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.

The wager amount, the total hold.

An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.

The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.

A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.

A pause facility.

The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.

A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.

A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.

Words that are spelled similarly to hold:
hold.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hold:
accountable, marginal, referendum, speedway, positions, citizenship, position.

Words that rhyme with hold:
gold, threshold, cold, mold, bold, fold, old, uphold, withhold, behold, mould, manifold, scold, ahold, household, twofold, unfold, marigold, stronghold, told, extolled, foothold, sold, controlled, blindfold, wold, freehold, untold, centerfold, threefold, chokehold, stranglehold, tenfold, enfold, enrolled, olde, stoled, toehold, rolled, white gold, trolled, leasehold, handhold, woald, mangold, twould, uncontrolled, fourfold, billfold, sevenfold, holed, cajoled, polled, fivefold, foretold, pigeonholed, doled, poled, soled, ninefold, tolled, old gold, bowled, souled, sixfold, nould, consoled, undersold, paroled, patrolled, wolde, eightfold, slime mold, tholed, leopold, slime mould, resold, nolde, all told, strolled, head cold, remold, shoaled, toled, griswold, common cold, foaled, unsold, golde, penfold, roald, bankrolled, nold, acapulco gold, green gold, oversold, diebold, buttonholed, potholed, head of household.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hold:
firm, strong, tight, good, future, powerful, stronger, firmer, tenuous, deep, better, precarious, real, strongest, permanent, tenacious, greater, secure, foot, lower, lay, strangle, british, slight, catch, forward, order, deeper, following, fresh, dark, grab, feeble, sufficient, hand, weak, less, exclusive, latter, sure, and, emotional, tremendous, extraordinary, tighter, longer, lasting, solid, fragile, slender, temporary, laid, firmest, loose, strange, empty, gentle.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hold:
ups, out, circuit, down, time, strategy, outs, downs, diving, circuits, back, amplifier, overs, firm, technique, traps, mode, fasts, off, angiography, imaging, alls, signal, investor, fast, device, divers, trap, investors, approach, hands, input, amplifiers, request, techniques, backs, dives, function, phase, strategies, dive, operation, property, unit, land, returns, duties, release, sequences, lands, devices, portfolio, command, meetings, operations, goods, capacity, return, converse, circuitry, requirements, dept, promise, diver, file, sway, output, music, duration, sequence, philosophy, articles, acquisition, images, office, option.

Consonant match to hold:
held, hailed, healed, heeled, hauled, holed, hurled, hulled, heald, haled, hild, howled, hilde, hald, hilled, holde.

Words that sound like hold:
hold, holed, holde, held, healed, howled, holt, hailed, hauled, heeled, heald, hild, hald, hilde, haled, hulled, hilled, heled, helled, holte, hoult, huld, halde, wold, wolde, woald, hole, whole, holy, halt, holds, holder, hola, hault, hilt, wholly, holey, ahold, holi, hult, helt, hoel, hoed, hode, hld, hoal, holda, heldt, hoad, halte, wholl, holdr, hohl, told, tolled, yold, toled, cold, bold, sold, mold, rolled, mould, bowled, polled, nold, soled, dold, roald, poled, doled, moled, kold, lold, molde, bolde, nolde, bolled, knolled, shoaled, tholed, wild, hanged, wield, weld, willed, wailed, wald, walled, wilde, wheeled, weald, welled, wiled, wld, whiled, waled, whaled, walde, wealed.