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Hold (h&ō;ld), n. [D. hol hole, hollow. See Hole.] (Naut.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Held (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Holding. Holden (&unr_;), p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. hålla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf. Avast, Halt, Hod.]
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1. To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
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The loops held one curtain to another.
Ex. xxxvi. 12.
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Thy right hand shall hold me.
Ps. cxxxix. 10.
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They all hold swords, being expert in war.
Cant. iii. 8.
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In vain he seeks, that having can not hold.
Spenser.
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France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . .
A fasting tiger safer by the tooth,
Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold.
Shak.
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2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
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We mean to hold what anciently we claim
Of deity or empire.
Milton.
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3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
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This noble merchant held a noble house.
Chaucer.
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Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute.
Knolles.
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And now the strand, and now the plain, they held.
Dryden.
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4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
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We can not hold mortality's strong hand.
Shak.
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Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow.
Grashaw.
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He had not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue.
Macaulay.
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5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
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Hold not thy peace, and be not still.
Ps. lxxxiii. 1.
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Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost,
Shall hold their course.
Milton.
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6. 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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I would hold more talk with thee.
Shak.
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7. To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
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Broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Jer. ii. 13.
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One sees more devils than vast hell can hold.
Shak.
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8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
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Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught.
2 Thes. ii.15.
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But still he held his purpose to depart.
Dryden.
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9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
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I hold him but a fool.
Shak.
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I shall never hold that man my friend.
Shak.
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The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Ex. xx. 7.
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10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
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Let him hold his fingers thus.
Shak.
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To hold a wager, to lay or hazard a wager. Swift. -- To hold forth, (a) v. t.to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. “The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach.” Locke. (b) v. i. To talk at length; to harangue. -- To held in, to restrain; to curd. -- To hold in hand, to toy with; to keep in expectation; to have in one's power. [Obs.]
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And hold a lady in hand.
Beaw. & Fl.-- To hold in play, to keep under control; to dally with. Macaulay. -- To hold off, to keep at a distance. -- To hold on, to hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. -- To hold one's day, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To hold one's own. To keep good one's present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or weight. -- To hold one's peace, to keep silence.- To hold out. (a) To extend; to offer. “Fortune holds out these to you as rewards.” B. Jonson. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. “He can not long hold out these pangs.” Shak. -- To hold up. (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head. (b) To support; to sustain. “He holds himself up in virtue.”Sir P. Sidney. (c) To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an example. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses. (e) to rob, usually at gunpoint; -- often with the demand to “hold up” the hands. (f) To delay. -- To hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. [Colloq.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat.
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Hold, v. i. In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
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1. Not to move; to halt; to stop; -- mostly in the imperative.
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And damned be him that first cries, “Hold, enough!”
Shak.
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2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
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Our force by land hath nobly held.
Shak.
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3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
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While our obedience holds.
Milton.
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The rule holds in land as all other commodities.
Locke.
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4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave; -- often with with, to, or for.
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He will hold to the one and despise the other.
Matt. vi. 24
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5. To restrain one's self; to refrain.
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His dauntless heart would fain have held
From weeping, but his eyes rebelled.
Dryden.
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6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
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My crown is absolute, and holds of none.
Dryden.
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His imagination holds immediately from nature.
Hazlitt.
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Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. L'Estrange. -- To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. -- To hold off, to keep at a distance. -- To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. “The trade held on for many years,” Swift. -- To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way. -- To hold over, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date. -- To hold to or To hold with, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. -- To hold together, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. Dryden. Locke. -- To hold up. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. Collier.
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Hold (h&ō;ld), n. 1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; grip; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
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Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold.
Chaucer.
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Thou should'st lay hold upon him.
B. Jonson.
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My soul took hold on thee.
Addison.
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Take fast hold of instruction.
Pror. iv. 13.
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2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
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The law hath yet another hold on you.
Shak.
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3. Binding power and influence.
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Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of.
Tillotson.
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4. Something that may be grasped; means of support.
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If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall.
Bacon.
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5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
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They . . . put them in hold unto the next day.
Acts. iv. 3.
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King Richard, he is in the mighty hold
Of Bolingbroke.
Shak.
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6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold. Chaucer.
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New comers in an ancient hold
Tennyson.
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7. (Mus.) A character [thus &unr_;] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.
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