ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hold

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /həʊld/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Hold is a verb meaning (transitive) To grasp or grip.

Meaning

(transitive) To grasp or grip.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To contain or store.
  2. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
  3. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
  4. (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
  5. To take place, to occur.
  6. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
  7. (archaic) To derive right or title.

Example Sentences

Hold the pencil like this.
This package holds six bottles.
Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
He came into the hall where the wedding-festival had held […].

Word Forms

Synonyms for hold

Depending on context, synonyms include clasp, grasp, grip, beclasp, begrasp, begrip.

Antonyms for hold

Common opposites include release.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grasp, grip, clutches, take, clench, clutch.

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