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Definition of hold

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Hold (v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service..

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Water Ballast :: Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast..

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance..

Tenure :: Tenure (n.) The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate..

Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

Vassal :: Vassal (n.) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant..

Household :: Household (n.) A line of ancestory; a race or house.

Fortifier :: Fortifier (n.) One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds..

Sensist :: Sensist (n.) One who, in philosophy, holds to sensism..

Forehold :: Forehold (n.) The forward part of the hold of a ship.

Sheephook :: Sheephook (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook..

Fate :: Fate (n.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread..

Protend :: Protend (v. t.) To hold out; to stretch forth.

Opinative :: Opinative (a.) Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated.

Great :: Great (superl.) Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc..

Bonder :: Bonder (n.) A freeholder on a small scale.

Trivet :: Trivet (n.) A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod..

Camerlingo :: Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

Library :: Library (n.) A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.

Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc..

Synergist :: Synergist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of synergism.