hold

English

/həʊld/, /hoʊld/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To grasp or grip.
  • (transitive) To contain or store.
  • (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
  • (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
  • (tennis) To win one's own service game.
  • To take place, to occur.
  • To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
  • (archaic) To derive right or title.
  • (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
  • (slang) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English holden derived from Old English healdan (hold, retain, grasp) derived from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (look after, hold, watch, tend, keep, herd) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (goblet, strike, tip, incline, drive, cut, tilt, hit, road, path track, beat, dark spot, fast, way, bend, swift, slash, force to move quickly, tend).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kel-

Gloss

goblet, strike, tip, incline, drive, cut, tilt, hit, road, path track, beat, dark spot, fast, way, bend, swift, slash, force to move quickly, tend

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

斬

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