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(verb) keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath" |
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(verb) remain committed to; "I hold to these ideas" |
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Related Words: believe, conceive, consider, think |
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(verb) assert or affirm; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good" |
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Related Words: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear |
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(verb) hold the attention of; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound" |
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Related Words: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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(verb) aim, point, or direct: "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames" |
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Related Words: aim, direct, take, take aim, train |
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(verb) have or hold in one's hands; "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; also metaphorically: "A crazy idea took hold of him" |
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Synonyms: take hold |
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Related Words: cling to, clutch, cradle, grasp, grip, hold close, hold on, hold tight, interlace, interlock, lock, trap |
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Antonyms: let go of |
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(verb) be the support of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"; also metaphorically: "Her efforts support us morally" |
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Synonyms: hold up, support, sustain |
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Related Words: block, brace, bracket, buoy, buoy up, carry, chock, pole, prop, prop up, shore up, truss, underpin |
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(verb) cover as for protection against noise or smell; "She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate"; "hold one's nose" |
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Related Words: cover |
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(verb) support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
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Synonyms: bear, carry |
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Related Words: acquit, balance, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, piggyback, poise |
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(verb) organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc. |
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Synonyms: give, have, make, throw |
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Related Words: direct |
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(verb) take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week" |
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Related Words: command, control |
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(verb) keep from departing; "Hold the taxi"; "Hold the horse" |
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Related Words: keep, prevent |
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(verb) stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" |
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Related Words: defer, hold over, postpone, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table |
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(verb) remain in a certain state, position, or condition; "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching" |
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Related Words: continue, go along, go on, keep, keep on, proceed |
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(verb) contain or hold; have within: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
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Synonyms: bear, carry, contain |
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Related Words: circle, confine, encircle, enclose, environ, hold in, house, include, retain, ring, round, surround |
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(verb) have as a major characteristic; "The novel holds many surprises"; "The book holds in store much valuable advise" |
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Related Words: be |
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(noun) a cell in a jail or prison |
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Synonyms: keep |
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Related Words: cell, jail cell, prison cell |
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(noun) (archaic) a stronghold |
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Related Words: fastness, stronghold |
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(noun) power by which something or someone is affected or dominated: "he has a hold over them" |
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Related Words: control |
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(verb) keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" |
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Synonyms: deem, take for, view as |
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Related Words: consider, reckon, regard, see, view |
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(verb) drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor" |
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Synonyms: carry |
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Related Words: booze, drink, fuddle |
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(verb) cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" |
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Synonyms: arrest, halt |
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Related Words: stop |
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(verb) keep in one's possession |
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Synonyms: hold back, keep back, retain |
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Related Words: hold down, hold on, keep |
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(verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade" |
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Synonyms: bear |
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Related Words: have, have got, hold |
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(verb) arrange for and reserve in advance; "reserve a seat on a flight"; "We booked tickets to the show"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" |
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Synonyms: book, reserve |
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Related Words: book, book, hold, hold, reserve, reserve |
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(verb) be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds" |
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Synonyms: obtain, prevail |
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Related Words: be, exist |
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(verb) be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!" "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" |
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Synonyms: apply, go for |
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Related Words: bear on, come to, concern, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on |
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(verb) have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" |
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Synonyms: accommodate, admit |
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(noun) a state of confinement (usually for a short time; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police") |
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Synonyms: custody, detention |
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Related Words: confinement |
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(noun) time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
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Synonyms: delay, postponement, time lag, wait |
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Related Words: break, extension, intermission, interruption, moratorium, pause, suspension |
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(verb) declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; " judge held that the defendant was innocent" |
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Synonyms: adjudge, declare |
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Related Words: acknowledge, admit, bastardize, beatify, call, cancel, canonize, certify, formalize, judge, judge, label, pronounce, purify, saint, sanctify, superannuate |
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(verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract' "I'll hold you by your promise" |
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Synonyms: bind, oblige |
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Related Words: article, indenture, pledge, relate, tie down |
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(verb) protect against a challenge or attack: "Hold that position behind the trees!" "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" |
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Synonyms: defend, guard |
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Related Words: protect |
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(verb) to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; 'The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" |
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Synonyms: confine, restrain |
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Related Words: bind, disable, disenable, enchain, fetter, fold, ground, incapacitate, pen up, pinion, shackle, tie down, tie up, truss |
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(verb) maintain; as of a theory, thoughts, or feelings; "bear a grudge"; "hold a grudge" |
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Synonyms: entertain, harbor, harbour, nurse |
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Related Words: experience, feel |
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(verb) have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense: "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
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Synonyms: have, have got |
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Related Words: bear, carry, exert, hold, hold on, keep, maintain, monopolize, stock, stockpile, sustain, wield |
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(verb) hold on to |
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Synonyms: reserve, retain |
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Related Words: hold on, hold open, keep, keep, keep open, save |
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(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake" "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
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Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold in, moderate |
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Related Words: bate, bound, catch, confine, conquer, counteract, countercheck, curb, deny, hold back, inhibit, keep, keep back, limit, mortify, restrain, restrain, restrict, stamp down, subdue, suppress, thermostat, throttle, train, trammel |
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(verb) keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady" |
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Synonyms: keep, maintain |
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Related Words: bear on, carry, carry on, continue, distance, housekeep, keep waiting, preserve, pressurize, uphold |
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(verb) be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" |
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Synonyms: contain, take |
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Related Words: be, seat, sleep |
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(verb) resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held" |
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Synonyms: defy, hold up, withstand |
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Related Words: brave, brave out, endure, hold out, resist, stand firm, venture, weather, withstand |
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(noun) the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
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Synonyms: cargo area, cargo deck, storage area |
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Related Words: enclosure |
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(noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" |
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Synonyms: appreciation, grasp |
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Related Words: apprehension, discernment, savvy, sense, understanding |
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(noun) the part of an object designed to be held in order to use or move it |
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Synonyms: grip, handgrip, handle |
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Related Words: appendage, broomstick, crop, gunstock, haft, helve, hilt, knob, panhandle, stock |
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(noun) the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing" |
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Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip |
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Related Words: embrace, embracing, grasping, prehension, seizing, taking hold, wrestling hold |
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