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holdsnounpl. of hold the act or manner of holdingmake sure you have a firm hold on the chain saw before you turn it on clasps, clenches, grapples, grasps, grips, handgrips, handholds anchorages, leverages, purchasesgrabs, seizuresfootholds, footings, toeholdsclinches, embraces, hugs releases, relinquishments a structure or place from which one can resist attackthe ruins of an ancient Roman hold bastions, castles, citadels, fortifications, fortresses, forts, redoubts, strongholds battlements, breastworks, bulwarks, earthworks, embattlements, parapets, rampartsbunkers, dugoutsblockhouses, garrison housesalcazars, casbahs(also kasbahs) the right or means to command or control othersthe government has no hold over where we live and work arms, authorities, clutches, commands, controls, death grips, dominions, grips, masteries, powers, reigns, reins, sways clouts, influences, leverages, pulls, voices, weightsjurisdictionsdirections, managementsdominances, imperiums, predominances, sovereignties(also sovranties), supremaciesprerogatives, privileges, rightseminences, importances, moments impotences, impotencies weaknesses a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custodyupon hearing the guilty verdict, the accused realized that he would lie in that godforsaken hold for the remainder of his life bastilles, big houses(slang), bridewells, brigs, calabooses, cans, clinks(slang), coolers, coops, guardrooms, hocks, hoosegows, jailhouses, jails, joints(slang), jugs, lockups, nicks(British slang), penitentiaries, pens, pokeys(slang), prisons, quods(British slang), slammers, slams, stirs(slang), stockades, tolbooths(Scottish) bull pens, cages, cells, holes, tanksblocks, wardsglasshouses(British), guardhouses, hulksconcentration camps, gulags, labor camps, prison camps, stalags, work campsdungeons, keeps, oubliettesreformatories, reform schools, training schools outsides the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand somethingI need to get hold of the situation before planning a course of action appreciations, apprehensions, comprehensions, grasps, grips, perceptions, percipiences, understandings absorptions, assimilations, digestions, uptakesconceptions, visualizationsenlightenments, realizations incomprehensions misapprehensions, miscomprehensions, misinterpretations, misperceptions, misunderstandings the state of being held in lawful custodya suspected terrorist who was abducted at an airport and put in hold at an undisclosed location detainers, detainments, detentions, immurements, imprisonments, incarcerations captivities, confinements, internmentsapprehensions, arrestments, arrests, busts(slang), collars, pinchescaptures, entrapments, seizuresenchainments, restraints discharges, releases emancipations, freedoms, liberations holdsverbpresent tense third-person singular of holdto have or keep in one's handsthis casserole dish is too hot to hold, so grab a potholder clenches, clings (to), clutches, grips bears, carriesbags, captures, catches, collars, corrals, grabs, grapples, hooks, lands, latches (on or onto), nabs, nails, seizes, snaps (up), snares, snatches, takes, trapsfeels, fingers, handles, pawsclasps, embraces, grasps, hugscradles hangs on to, holds on to drops, gives, hands, unclasps, unhandscedes, delivers, gives up, hands out, hands over, releases, relinquishes, renders, turns over, yields to continue to have in one's possession or powershe, and she alone, held the keys to the mysterious chest keeps, reserves, retains, withholds conserves, guards, preserves, protects, savesboasts, enjoys, has, owns, possessescommands, controls, detains, directs, manages, rulesbears, harborscherishes, clings (to), hugs, treasures hangs on to, holds on to gives up, hands over, releases, relinquishes, surrenders, yields abandons, cedes, dropscontributes, donates, gives, hands outdiscards, dumpsdeclines, rejects, repudiates, spurnsloses to have as an opinion"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" allows(chiefly Southern & Midland), believes, conceives, considers, deems, esteems, feels, figures, guesses, imagines, judges, reckons(chiefly dialect), supposes, thinks regards, viewsaccepts, perceivesdepends, relies, trustsassumes, presumes, presupposes, surmisesconcludes, deduces, infers distrusts, doubts, mistrusts, questions, suspectsdisbelieves, discredits, rejects to have withinthe mysterious chest held an ancient book on magic spells and potions bears, boasts, contains accommodates, fits, takescases, encases, encloses(also incloses), encompassesharbors, houses, lodges, shelters to keep in one's mind or heartstill held her close to his heart, though they had long parted bears, cherishes, entertains, harbors, has, nurses cultivates, fosters, nurtures, supports, sustainscarries, keeps, maintains, preserves, remembers, retains, treasurescleaves (to), clings (to), hugs, sticks (to)broods (about or over), fixates (on or upon), obsesses (about or over) hangs on to, holds on to disregards, drops, forgets, ignores, neglects, overlooksabjures, declines, denies, disdains, refuses, rejects, repudiates, scornsabandons, deserts, discards, forsakes, gives up, parts (with), quits, renounces, throws outerases, expunges to keep, control, or experience as one's ownthe same family has held this piece of land for over 100 years commands, enjoys, has, owns, possesses, retains keeps, reserves, withholdsbears, carriesboasts, shows off, sports rejoices in lacks, wants abandons, cedes, disclaims, disowns, hands over, relinquishes, renounces, surrenders, yieldsdiscards, dumpsdeclines, rejects, repudiates, spurnsneeds, requires to make or have room forthe couple needed to rent a hall that would hold 300 people accommodates, fits, takes carries, contains, seatsencloses(also incloses), encompasses, enfoldsharbors, houses to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or armsplease hold my arm on these slippery stairs clasps, grasps, grips, takes clenches, clings (to), clutches, holds on (to)catches, nabs, seizes, snatches hangs on to, lays hold of discharges, drops, frees, liberates, releasesdelivers, entrusts(also intrusts), gives, hands, hands over, passes, relinquishes, transfers, transmits, turns over, unhands to think of in a particular wayheld to be the best blueberry pies in the state accounts, calls, considers, counts, esteems, looks (on or upon), rates, reckons, regards, sets down, views believes, deems, feels, senses, thinksconceives, fancies, imagines takes for to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)we managed to hold our laughter until we got outside hold your temper until you hear the whole story bridles, checks, constrains, contains, controls, curbs, governs, inhibits, keeps, measures, pulls in, regulates, reins (in), restrains, rules, tames bottles (up), chokes (back), holds back, minces, muffles, pockets, represses, sinks, smothers, squelches, stifles, strangles, suppresses, swallowsarrests, interrupts, stopsblocks, hampers, handcuffs, hinders, impedes, obstructsgags, muzzles, silences loses liberates, loosens, looses, unleashesairs, expresses, takes out, vents to point or turn (something) toward a target or goalheld the camera on the actor throughout the scene aims, bends, casts, directs, heads, levels, pinpoints, sets, trains sightsbears, facesconcentrates, focuses(or focusses)inclines, orients, steers averts, curves, deflects, detours, diverts, rechannels, shunts, sidetracks |