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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Catch :: Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch..
Vice :: Vice (n.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise..
Commerce :: Commerce (v. i.) To hold intercourse; to commune.
Correspond :: Correspond (v. i.) To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with..
Ditheist :: Ditheist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist.
Withholder :: Withholder (n.) One who withholds.
Governing :: Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state..
Include :: Include (v. t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell..
Anchor-hold :: Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds..
Economical :: Economical (a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.
Eternalist :: Eternalist (n.) One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.
Penates :: Penates (n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
Repute :: Repute (v. t.) To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.
Threshold :: Threshold (n.) The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door..
Udalman :: Udalman (n.) In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by udal, or allodial, right..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbo.
Flagon :: Flagon (n.) A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass..
Place :: Place (n.) A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country..
Ironware :: Ironware (n.) Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like..
Headborrow :: Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder..
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