Found 4 items, similar to Holds.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: hold memegang
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: hold anduk, cengkam, cengkaman, cengkram, cengkraman, memegang, menggandeng, menggapit, menggemal, menggenggam, menyelenggarakan, palka, pegangan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hold hold n 1: the act of grasping; “he released his clasp on my arm”; “he has a strong grip for an old man”; “she kept a firm hold on the railing” [syn: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip] 2: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; “he has a good grasp of accounting practices” [syn: appreciation, grasp] 3: power by which something or someone is affected or dominated; “he has a hold over them” 4: time during which some action is awaited; “instant replay caused too long a delay”; “he ordered a hold in the action” [syn: delay, time lag, postponement, wait] 5: a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police” [syn: detention, custody] 6: a stronghold 7: a cell in a jail or prison [syn: keep] 8: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; “he grabbed the hammer by the handle”; “it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip” [syn: handle, grip, handgrip] 9: the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo [syn: cargo area , cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area] [also: held] hold v 1: organize or be responsible for; “hold a reception”; “have, throw, or make a party”; “give a course” [syn: throw, have, make, give] 2: keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”; “hold in place”; “She always held herself as a lady”; “The students keep me on my toes” [syn: keep, maintain] 3: have or hold in one's hands or grip; “Hold this bowl for a moment, please”; “A crazy idea took hold of him” [syn: take hold ] [ant: let go of] 4: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; “This holds the local until the express passengers change trains”; “About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade”; “The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center”; “The terrorists held the journalists for ransom” [syn: restrain, confine] 5: have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; “She bears the title of Duchess”; “He held the governorship for almost a decade” [syn: bear] 6: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; “She has $1,000 in the bank”; “He has got two beautiful daughters”; “She holds a Master's degree from Harvard” [syn: have, have got] 7: keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; “take for granted”; “view as important”; “hold these truths to be self-evident”; “I hold him personally responsible” [syn: deem, view as, take for] 8: contain or hold; have within; “The jar carries wine”; “The canteen holds fresh water”; “This can contains water” [syn: bear, carry, contain] 9: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; “moderate your alcohol intake”; “hold your tongue”; “hold your temper”; “control your anger” [syn: control, hold in, contain, check, curb, moderate] 10: remain in a certain state, position, or condition; “The weather held”; “They held on the road and kept marching” 11: maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); “bear a grudge”; “entertain interesting notions”; “harbor a resentment” [syn: harbor, harbour, entertain, nurse] 12: assert or affirm; “Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good” 13: remain committed to; “I hold to these ideas” 14: secure and keep for possible future use or application; “The landlord retained the security deposit”; “I reserve the right to disagree” [syn: retain, keep back, hold back ] 15: be the physical support of; carry the weight of; “The beam holds up the roof”; “He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam”; “What's holding that mirror?” [syn: support, sustain, hold up] 16: hold the attention of; “The soprano held the audience”; “This story held our interest”; “She can hold an audience spellbound” 17: keep from exhaling or expelling; “hold your breath” 18: support or hold in a certain manner; “She holds her head high”; “He carried himself upright” [syn: carry, bear] 19: have room for; hold without crowding; “This hotel can accommodate 250 guests”; “The theater admits 300 people”; “The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people” [syn: accommodate, admit] 20: be capable of holding or containing; “This box won't take all the items”; “The flask holds one gallon” [syn: contain, take] 21: be valid, applicable, or true; “This theory still holds” [syn: prevail, obtain] 22: take and maintain control over, often by violent means; “The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week” 23: protect against a challenge or attack; “Hold that position behind the trees!”; “Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks” [syn: defend, guard] 24: declare to be; “She was declared incompetent”; “judge held that the defendant was innocent” [syn: declare, adjudge] 25: have as a major characteristic; “The novel holds many surprises”; “The book holds in store much valuable advise” 26: cause to stop; “Halt the engines”; “Arrest the progress”; “halt the presses” [syn: halt, arrest] 27: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; “He's held by a contract”; “I'll hold you by your promise” [syn: oblige, bind, obligate] 28: cover as for protection against noise or smell; “She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate”; “hold one's nose” 29: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; “He can hold his liquor”; “he had drunk more than he could carry” [syn: carry] 30: be pertinent or relevant or applicable; “The same laws apply to you!”; “This theory holds for all irrational numbers”; “The same rules go for everyone” [syn: apply, go for] 31: arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; “reserve me a seat on a flight”; “The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family”; “please hold a table at Maxim's” [syn: reserve, book] 32: resist or confront with resistance; “The politician defied public opinion”; “The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear”; “The bridge held” [syn: defy, withstand, hold up] 33: keep from departing; “Hold the taxi”; “Hold the horse” 34: stop dealing with; “hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting” 35: aim, point, or direct; “Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames” 36: be in accord; be in agreement; “We agreed on the terms of the settlement”; “I can't agree with you!”; “I hold with those who say life is sacred”; “Both philosophers concord on this point” [syn: agree, concur, concord] [ant: disagree] [also: held]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hold Hold \Hold\ (h[=o]ld), n. [D. hol hole, hollow. See Hole.] (Naut.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed. [1913 Webster] Hold \Hold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Held; p. pr. & vb. n. Holding. Holden, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf. Avast, Halt, Hod.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. [1913 Webster] The loops held one curtain to another. --Ex. xxxvi. 12. [1913 Webster] Thy right hand shall hold me. --Ps. cxxxix. 10. [1913 Webster] They all hold swords, being expert in war. --Cant. iii. 8. [1913 Webster] In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. [1913 Webster] We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office. [1913 Webster] This noble merchant held a noble house. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. --Knolles. [1913 Webster] And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. [1913 Webster] We can not hold mortality's strong hand. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow. --Grashaw. [1913 Webster] He had not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. [1913 Webster] Hold not thy peace, and be not still. --Ps. lxxxiii. 1. [1913 Webster] Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 6. To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service. [1913 Webster] I would hold more talk with thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for. [1913 Webster] Broken cisterns that can hold no water. --Jer. ii. 13. [1913 Webster] One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. [1913 Webster] Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. --2 Thes. ii.15. [1913 Webster] But still he held his purpose to depart. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge. [1913 Webster] I hold him but a fool. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I shall never hold that man my friend. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. --Ex. xx. 7. [1913 Webster] 10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high. [1913 Webster] Let him hold his fingers thus. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To hold a wager, to lay or hazard a wager. --Swift. To hold forth, (a) v. t.to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. “The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach.” --Locke. (b) v. i. To talk at length; to harangue. To held in, to restrain; to curd. To hold in hand, to toy with; to keep in expectation; to have in one's power. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And hold a lady in hand. --Beaw. & Fl. To hold in play, to keep under control; to dally with. --Macaulay. To hold off, to keep at a distance. To hold on, to hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. To hold one's day, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] --Chaucer. To hold one's own. To keep good one's present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or weight. To hold one's peace, to keep silence. To hold out. (a) To extend; to offer. “Fortune holds out these to you as rewards.” --B. Jonson. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. “He can not long hold out these pangs.” --Shak. To hold up. (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head. (b) To support; to sustain. “He holds himself up in virtue.”--Sir P. Sidney. (c) To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an example. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses. (e) to rob, usually at gunpoint; -- often with the demand to “hold up” the hands. (f) To delay. To hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. [Colloq.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat. [1913 Webster] Hold \Hold\ (h[=o]ld), n. 1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; grip; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay. [1913 Webster] Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Thou should'st lay hold upon him. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] My soul took hold on thee. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Take fast hold of instruction. --Pror. iv. 13. [1913 Webster] 2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. [1913 Webster] The law hath yet another hold on you. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Binding power and influence. [1913 Webster] Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 4. Something that may be grasped; means of support. [1913 Webster] If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. [1913 Webster] They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. --Acts. iv. 3. [1913 Webster] King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] New comers in an ancient hold --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mus.) A character [thus ?] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona. [1913 Webster] Hold \Hold\, v. i. In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence: [1913 Webster] 1. Not to move; to halt; to stop; -- mostly in the imperative. [1913 Webster] And damned be him that first cries, “Hold, enough!” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. [1913 Webster] Our force by land hath nobly held. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. [1913 Webster] While our obedience holds. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The rule holds in land as all other commodities. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave; -- often with with, to, or for. [1913 Webster] He will hold to the one and despise the other. --Matt. vi. 24 [1913 Webster] 5. To restrain one's self; to refrain. [1913 Webster] His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of. [1913 Webster] My crown is absolute, and holds of none. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] His imagination holds immediately from nature. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster] Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- To hold forth , to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. --L'Estrange. To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. To hold off, to keep at a distance. To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. “The trade held on for many years,” --Swift. To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way. To hold over, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date. To hold to or To hold with, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. To hold together, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. --Dryden. --Locke. To hold up. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. --Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. --Collier. [1913 Webster]