hold
US /hold/
・UK /həʊld/
A1
verb
- To agree to keep something for someone
- To have the capacity to support/contain something
- To control an area and protect it from attack
- To not allow someone to leave a place
- To cause an event to happen at a place or time
- To use hands or arms to carry or keep something
- To have a specific quality or property
- To keep an image, belief or feeling in your mind
- To have or own something
- To wait before being able to talk on the phone
- To limit the movement of someone in a sport
other
- To have or maintain (an opinion or belief).
- To have or be capable of having within.
- To grip, grasp, or support with one's hands or arms.
- To organize or conduct.
- To restrain or detain.
noun
- Section of a ship or plane used for storing things
- An act or manner of holding something; a grip.
- Influence or power held over someone
- Place of support for hands or feet when climbing
- A sign indicating a pause or prolongation of a note or rest.
- A position of power or control.
- The interior of a ship below decks, especially for cargo.
other
- To remain in a specified state or condition.