Definition of hold

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Hold (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office..

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Strut :: Strut (v. t.) To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3..
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed..
Gear :: Gear (n.) Goods; property; household stuff.
Discobolus :: Discobolus (n.) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it..
Penner :: Penner (n.) A case for holding pens.
Headstock :: Headstock (n.) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock..
Domestical :: Domestical (n.) A family; a household.
Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
Outdweller :: Outdweller (n.) One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere..
Sustainable :: Sustain (n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer..
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men..
Supreme :: Supreme (a.) Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power..
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
Atomist :: Atomist (n.) One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory.
Harquebuse :: Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Grapnel :: Grapnel (n.) A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, and crapnel..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
Prebendal :: Prebendal (a.) Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall..
Farm :: Farm (a. & n.) The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.
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