HOLD FORTH

Meaning of HOLD FORTH in English

talk at length about one subject, lecture

"If you mention his favorite topic--ants--he'll hold forth for hours!"

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

HOLD FORTH — phrasal to speak at length ; expatiate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOLD FORTH — verb Etymology: Middle English holden forth, from holden to hold + forth transitive verb : offer , exhibit , propound …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLD FORTH — : to speak at length : expatiate
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOLD FORTH — to speak at length : EXPATIATE
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOLD FORTH — talk at length or tediously. → hold
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOLD FORTH — to speak for a long time about sth in a way that other people might find boring
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD FORTH — hold forth phrasal verb ( see also ↑ hold ) to give your opinion on a subject, especially for a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLD FORTH — see hold
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD FORTH — see hold
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOLD FORTH — Synonyms and related words : debate, declaim, demagogue, discourse, elocute, explain, exposit, expound, extend, harangue, hold out, lecture, monologize, monopolize …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLD FORTH — {v.} 1. To offer; propose. * /As a candidate, Jones held forth the promise of a bright future./ 2. To …
Slang English vocab
HOLD FORTH — 1. ( Active .) Offer, propose, exhibit, hold out. 2. ( Neuter .) Harangue, preach, speak in public.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HOLD FORTH — See ↑ TALK 7
Longman Activator English vocab
HOLD FORTH — SPEAK AT LENGTH, talk at length, go on, sound off; declaim, spout, pontificate, orate, preach, sermonize; informal speechify, preachify, drone …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLD FORTH — {v.} 1. To offer; propose. * /As a candidate, Jones held forth the promise of a bright future./ 2. To …
Словарь английских идиом
HOLD FORTH — offer, propose The company held forth a promise to give all of the employees an extra bonus in the summer.
English Idioms vocab
HOLD FORTH — v. 1. To offer; propose. As a candidate, Jones held forth the promise of a bright future. 2. To speak …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HOLD FORTH — 1) рассуждать, разглагольствовать Father is holding forth on his favourite subject again. ≈ Папа опять сел на своего любимого конька. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD FORTH — Разглагольствовать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD FORTH — phr v 1. показывать; протягивать; предлагать to hold forth an inducement - выставлять приманку to hold forth a hope - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOLD FORTH — 1) рассуждать, разглагольствовать Father is holding forth on his favourite subject again. — Папа опять сел на своего любимого конька. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOLD FORTH — phr v 1. показывать; протягивать; предлагать to ~ an inducement - выставлять приманку to ~ a hope - подавать надежду …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HOLD FORTH — phr v 1. показывать; протягивать; предлагать to hold forth an inducement - выставлять приманку to hold forth a hope - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD FORTH — показывать, протягивать, предлагать, рассуждать, разглагольствовать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOLD FORTH — показывать, протягивать, предлагать, рассуждать, разглагольствовать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOLD FORTH — фраз. гл. 1) рассуждать, разглагольствовать Father is holding forth on his favourite subject again. — Папа опять сел на своего …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOLD FORTH — фраз. гл. 1) рассуждать, разглагольствовать Father is holding forth on his favourite subject again. — Папа опять сел на своего любимого конька. Syn: perorate, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOLD FORTH — а> рассуждать, разглагольствовать Father is holding forth on his favourite subject again; let's not stay to listen, he's never very …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HOLD FORTH — а. рассуждать, разглагольствовать Father is holding forth on his favourite subject again; let's not stay to listen, he's never very …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HOLD FORTH — рассуждать, разглагольствовать; предлагать показывать, протягивать (руку)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HOLD FORTH — Вмешиваться
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD FORTH — Вмешаться
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD FORTH — разглагольствовать
English-Russian Online Dictionary
HOLD FORTH — 1. показывать, протягивать, предлагать; 2. рассуждать, разглагольствовать, проповедовать
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
HOLD FORTH — показывать, протягивать, предлагать; рассуждать, разглагольствовать, проповедовать
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
HOLD FORTH — 1) рассуждать, разглагольствовать Father is holding forth on his favourite subject again. ≈ Папа опять сел на своего любимого конька. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD FORTH — рассуждать разглагольствовать
Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORTH — I. ˈfō(ə)rth, ˈfȯ(ə)rth, ˈfōəth, ˈfȯ(ə)th adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English; akin to Old Frisian & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORTH — (adv.) Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that …
Английский словарь Webster
FORTH — ( adv. ) Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLD — hold 1 — holdable , adj. /hohld/ , v. , held; held or ( Archaic ) holden; holding; n. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTH — /fawrth, fohrth/ , n. 1. Firth of , an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTH — /fawrth, fohrth/ , adv. 1. onward or outward in place or space; forward: to come forth; go forth. 2. onward …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLD — I. ˈhōld verb ( held ˈheld ; hold·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healdan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FORTH — I. ˈfȯrth adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English for Date: before 12th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOLD — noun binding power and influence. 2. hold ·noun the authority or ground to take or keep; claim. 3. hold ·noun …
Webster English vocab
FORTH — prep forth from; out of. 2. forth ·noun a way; a passage or ford. 3. forth ·adv throughly; from beginning …
Webster English vocab
HOLD — [hold] vb held ; hold.ing [ME, fr. OE healdan; akin to OHG haltan to hold, and perh. to L celer …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORTH — [forth] adv [ME, fr. OE; akin to OE for] (bef. 12c) 1: onward in time, place, or order: forward "from …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOLD — / həʊld; NAmE hoʊld/ verb , noun ■ verb ( held , held / held; NAmE /) IN HAND / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORTH — / fɔːθ; NAmE fɔːrθ/ adverb ( literary except in particular idioms and phrasal verbs) 1. away from a place; out …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD — I. hold 1 S1 W1 /həʊld $ hoʊld/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle held /held/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FORTH — forth S2 /fɔːθ $ fɔːrθ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ] 1 . and so forth used to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLD — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FORTH — adv. archaic except in set phrases and after certain verbs, esp. bring, come, go, and set 1 forward; into view. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLD — v. & n. v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FORTH — adv. archaic except in set phrases and after certain verbs, esp. bring, come, go, and set 1 forward; into view. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLD — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. held) 1. tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands …
Oxford English vocab
FORTH — adv. archaic except in set phrases and after certain verbs, esp. bring, come, go, and set 1 forward; into view. …
Oxford English vocab
HOLD — I. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING /hoʊld/ ( holds, holding, held) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORTH — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLD — I. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING (~s, ~ing, held) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOLD — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bag holds sth ▪ I don't think that bag will hold all those …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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