HOLD


Meaning of HOLD in English

I

n.

grip

1) to catch, get, grab, lay, seize, take ~ of

2) to keep ~ of

3) to relax one's ~

4) a firm, strong ~

type of wrestling grip

5) to break a ~

control, domination

6) to relinquish one's ~

7) a ~ over (they refused to relinquish their ~ over this area)

waiting, esp. on the telephone

8) to put smb. on ~

II

v.

1) ('to keep') to ~ high (to ~ one's head high; also fig .)

2) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ against ('to take into account') (we will not ~ your past blunders against you; they held his criminal record against him)

3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ onto ('to seize and cling to') (~ onto my arm)

4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to adhere') to ~ to (to ~ to the terms of a contract)

5) ( d ; tr. ) ('to make smb. adhere') to ~ to (they held us to the terms of the contract)

6) ( d ; tr. ) ('to restrict') to ~ to (we held the visiting team to a tie)

7) ( d ; intr. ) ('to agree') to ~ with (I don't ~ with his ideas)

8) ( L ) ('to assert') we ~ that these truths are self-evident

9) ( M ) ('to consider') we ~ him to be responsible

10) ( N ; used with an adjective) ('to consider'); ('to keep') to ~ smb. responsible; she held the ladder steady; they ~ life cheap

III

n.

interior of a ship below decks

in the ~

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.