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- English Word Hold Definition Binding power and influence.
- English Word Hold Definition Something that may be grasped; means of support.
- English Word Hold Definition A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
- English Word Hold Definition A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
- English Word Hold Definition A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.
- English Word Holdback Definition Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
- English Word Holdback Definition The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
- English Word Holden Definition of Hold
- English Word Holder Definition One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
- English Word Holder Definition One who, or that which, holds.
- English Word Holder Definition One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
- English Word Holder Definition The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.
- English Word Holder-forth Definition One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.
- English Word Holdfast Definition Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
- English Word Holdfast Definition A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture.
- English Word Holding Definition of Hold
- English Word Holding Definition The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
- English Word Holding Definition A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
- English Word Holding Definition That which holds, binds, or influences.
- English Word Holding Definition The burden or chorus of a song.