Definition of hold

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Hold (n. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:.

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Stand :: Stand (n.) To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources..
Ploughman :: Ploughman (n.) One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman..
Warrandice :: Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty..
Incumbrancer :: Incumbrancer (n.) One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate..
Look :: Look (v. i.) In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.
Inherit :: Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..
Caste :: Caste (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.
Redraw :: Redraw (v. i.) To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers..
Locket :: Locket (n.) A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain..
Beholdingness :: Beholdingness (n.) The state of being obliged or beholden.
Page :: Page (n.) A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground..
Soc :: Soc (n.) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction..
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp..
Pretension :: Pretension (n.) A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship..
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy..
Shipholder :: Shipholder (n.) A shipowner.
Plate :: Plate (n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc..
Spadeful :: Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Rundlet :: Rundlet (n.) A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons..
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