Definition of hold

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Hold (n.) A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.

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Bestride :: Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold..
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
Housewife :: Housewife (n.) The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
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..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end..
Columbarium :: Columbarium (n.) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.
Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline..
Yeomanry :: Yeomanry (n.) The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders..
Post :: Post (v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice..
Master :: Master (n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The direct
Whoa :: Whoa (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2..
Ploughman :: Ploughman (n.) One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman..
"""case " :: Case (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or boxes for holding type..
Anythingarian :: Anythingarian (n.) One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbo.
Sectarian :: Sectarian (n.) One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state..
Menace :: Menace (n.) To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war..
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard..
Stadtholderate :: Stadtholder (n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province..
Cell :: Cell (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery..
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