Definition of hold

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Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

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Inholder :: Inholder (n.) An inhabitant.
Support :: Support (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining..
Distance :: Distance (n.) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
Statesmanlike :: Statesman (n.) A small landholder.
Heritor :: Heritor (n.) A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
Portcrayon :: Portcrayon (n.) A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
Winger :: Winger (n.) One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships..
Possession :: Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well..
Diestock :: Diestock (n.) A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household..
Strongish :: Stronghold (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
Infidel :: Infidel (a.) Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity..
Symbolize :: Symbolize (v. i.) To hold the same faith; to agree.
Rightful :: Rightful (a.) Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king..
Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.
Pointer :: Pointer (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) 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..
Pluralist :: Pluralist (n.) A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.
Beholding :: Beholding (a.) Obliged; beholden.
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