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31hold — I UK [həʊld] / US [hoʊld] verb Word forms hold : present tense I/you/we/they hold he/she/it holds present participle holding past tense held UK [held] / US past participle held *** 1) [transitive] to carry something using your hands or arms Can… …
32hold — I. verb (held; holding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healdan; akin to Old High German haltan to hold, and perhaps to Latin celer rapid, Greek klonos agitation Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to have possession or… …
33hold — hold1 verb (past and past participle held) 1》 grasp, carry, or support. 2》 keep in a specified position: I held the door open for him. ↘remain secure or intact: the boat s anchor would not hold. 3》 keep or detain. ↘have in one s… …
34hold-up — noun (C) 1 a situation that stops something from happening for a short time; delay 1 (2): An unexpected hold up meant we had fallen 3 weeks behind schedule. 2 a situation in which traffic stops or can only move very slowly: There was a hold up on …
35hold the line — verb 1. hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant • Hypernyms: ↑conserve, ↑preserve, ↑maintain, ↑keep up • Verb Frames: Somebody s on something 2. hold the phone line open …
36Hold (baseball) — A hold (abbreviated HLD or H) is awarded to a relief pitcher who:# enters the game in a save situation; that is, one of the following three conditions applies: #* his team has a lead of no more than three runs, and there are at least three outs… …
37Situation calculus — The situation calculus is a logic formalism designed for representing and reasoning about dynamical domains. It was first introduced by John McCarthy in 1963. The main version of the situational calculus that is presented in this article is based …
38hold-up — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hold up : singular hold up plural hold ups 1) a short delay 2) a situation in which traffic does not move or moves only very slowly 3) a situation in which someone threatens people in a bank or shop with a gun… …
39hold on — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms hold on : present tense I/you/we/they hold on he/she/it holds on present participle holding on past tense held on past participle held on 1) to hold something tightly or carefully so that you do not drop it… …
40hold the fort — phrasal 1. : to maintain a firm position usually against opposition found himself holding the fort against a solid block of opponents of the plan 2. : to take care of usual affairs a skeleton staff was left to hold the fort at the office during… …
