HANG / HOLD FIRE

Meaning of HANG / HOLD FIRE in English

to delay or be delayed in taking action :

The project had hung fire for several years for lack of funds.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ, ˈhaiŋ sometimes ˈheŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ; hung also hanged ; hanging ; hangs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or …
Английский словарь Webster
HOLD — hold 1 — holdable , adj. /hohld/ , v. , held; held or ( Archaic ) holden; holding; n. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANG — — hangable , adj. — hangability , n. /hang/ , v. , hung or ( esp. for 4, 5, 20, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRE — — firer , n. /fuyeur/ , n. , v. , fired, firing . n. 1. a state, process, or instance …
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
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ˈhaŋd ; hang·ing ˈhaŋ-iŋ) Etymology: partly from Middle English hon, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRE — I. ˈfi(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, …
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
HANG — noun a sharp or steep declivity or slope. 2. hang ·vi to slope down; as, hanging grounds. 3. hang ·vi …
Webster English vocab
FIRE — vt to drive by fire. 2. fire ·vt to cauterize. 3. fire ·vi to be irritated or inflamed with passion. …
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
HANG — [hang] vb hung also hanged ; hang.ing [partly fr. ME hon, fr. OE hon, v.t.; partly fr. ME hangen, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRE — [fire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE fyr; akin to OHG fiur fire, Gk pyr] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRE — fire BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ fire|d d ▷ firing ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOLD — / həʊld; NAmE hoʊld/ verb , noun ■ verb ( held , held / held; NAmE /) IN HAND / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — / hæŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hung , hung / hʌŋ; NAmE / HELP NOTE : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE — / ˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH BURNING 1. [ U ] the flames, light and heat, …
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
HANG — I. hang 1 S1 W2 /hæŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle hung /hʌŋ/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRE
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
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRE
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
HANG — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRE
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
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1. tr. a secure or cause to …
Oxford English vocab
FIRE
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
FIRE — I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM /faɪə(r)/ ( fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — ( hangs, hanging, hung, hanged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
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
HANG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hanging basket (= for putting plants in and hanging outside ) ▪ All …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb/fire/terrorist etc alert ▪ a full-scale flood alert a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — Synonyms and related words : act in concert, adhere, all depend, and quarter, art, aspire, associate with, attach, bag, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIRE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Slang English vocab
HANG — n. hang on hang upon hang around hang loose hang out hang up well hung
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — verb ADVERB ▪ limply , loosely ▪ He had lost weight and the suit hung loosely on him. ▪ uselessly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOLD — INDEX: 1. to have something in your hand 2. to hold something tightly 3. to start holding something 4. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
FIRE — INDEX: 1. a fire that damages a building, forest, etc 2. a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOLD
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — n. 25B6; verb lights hung from the trees : BE SUSPENDED, hang down, be pendent, dangle, swing, sway; archaic depend. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLD — v. 1 grasp, grip, clasp, seize, clutch, keep; carry, Colloq hang on to She asked me to hold the baby …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — v. 1 suspend, depend, dangle; be poised or suspended, hover, swing Hang the lantern from this branch The laundry was …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — n. 1 flame(s), blaze; conflagration, holocaust, inferno We gathered round the roaring fire 2 feeling, passion, ardour, ardency, fervour, fervency, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Словарь английских идиом
FIRE — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, …
Словарь английских идиом
FIRE — (*) 1. The command given to discharge a weapon(s). 2. To detonate the main explosive charge by means of a …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANG
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIRE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOLD — hold.ogg _I həʋld n мор. трюм after forward, main hold - кормовой носовой, главный трюм hold cargo - трюмный груз …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HANG — hang.ogg 1. hæŋ n 1. вид ( чего-л. висящего, повешенного ); способ подвески; манера do you like the hang of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIRE — fire.ogg 1. ʹfaıə n 1. 1> огонь, пламя fire endurance - огнестойкость fire point - тех. температура воспламенения to keep …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOLD — 1) крепёжная деталь; захват; закреп || крепить, закреплять 2) держать(ся); удерживать(ся); задерживать(ся) 3) опирать(ся); поддерживать 4) вмещать 5) выдержка || …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FIRE — 1) огонь || подвергаться изменениям под действием огня 2) пожар || загораться; воспламенять(ся); поджигать 3) топить 4) отапливать, обогревать 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HOLD — 1) крепёжная деталь; захват; закреп || крепить, закреплять 2) держать(ся); удерживать(ся); задерживать(ся) 3) опирать(ся); поддерживать 4) вмещать 5) выдержка || выдерживать 6) держатель 7) патрон противовеса …
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