hold cargo

  • 1hold — ‘grasp, clasp’ [OE] and hold ‘cargo store’ [16] are not the same word. The verb goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source which meant ‘watch, guard’. This ancestral sense is preserved in the derivative behold [OE], but the simple verb hold,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 2hold — ‘grasp, clasp’ [OE] and hold ‘cargo store’ [16] are not the same word. The verb goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source which meant ‘watch, guard’. This ancestral sense is preserved in the derivative behold [OE], but the simple verb hold,… …

    Word origins

  • 3cargo sling — A strap, chain, or other material used to hold cargo items securely which are to be hoisted, lowered, or suspended …

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  • 4cargo sling — A strap, chain, or other material used to hold cargo items securely that are to be hoisted, lowered, or suspended …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 5hold — hold1 [hōld] vt. held, holding [ME holden < Anglian OE haldan (WS healdan), akin to Ger halten, Goth haldan, to tend sheep < IE base * kel , to drive, incite to action > Gr kelēs, swift horse, L celer, swift: prob. sense development:… …

    English World dictionary

  • 6Cargo — (or freight) refers to goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long haul cargo transport. Marine Cargo Types There is a wide… …

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  • 7cargo hold — UK US noun [C] ► TRANSPORT the part of a ship or plane where goods are carried: »It was found that water was leaking into the main cargo hold …

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  • 8Hold — may refer to: * Hold, to delay temporarily the handling of * Hold (ship), interior cargo space * Hold (aviation), a place for an aircraft to loop around near its destination * Hold (baseball), a statistic that may be awarded to a relief pitcher * …

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  • 9Hold That Ghost — Ficha técnica Dirección Arthur Lubin Producción Burt Kelly Glenn Tryon Guion Robert Lees Fred Rinaldo John Grant …

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  • 10Hold — (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] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English