hold

CEFRA2

/həʊld/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To keep something in your hands or keep it in a place.

  2. 02

    noun

    A space for carrying people or goods in a ship or aircraft.

Examples

  • Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.

  • You've got to learn to hold your tongue.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [hɒʊɫd]
  • [hoɫd]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To contain or store.

  2. To maintain or keep to a position or state., To have and keep possession of something.

  3. To grasp or grip.

More examples

In context

  • His hold on her arm tightened.

  • Hold my coat for me.

  • Hold the pencil like this.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

verb

Derived from Middle English holden, derived from Old English healdan, derived from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, derived from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to tend, herd”), maybe derived from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”). Doublet of halt. Cognates *West Frisian hâlde *Low German holden, holen *Dutch houden *German halten *Danish *Norwegian Bokmål holde *Norwegian Nynorsk halda. Compare Latin celer (“quick”), Tocharian B käl- (“to goad, drive”), Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō, “to drive”), Sanskrit कलयति (kalayati, “to impel”).