offhold
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To retain.
- (intransitive) To hold off; prevent; refrain; avoid; shun.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ofholden inherited from Old English ofhealdan (withhold, retain) prefix from English hold (game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem).
Origin
English
hold
Gloss
game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ahold English
- anchorhold English
- behold English
- breathhold English
- chokehold English
- commonhold English
- copyhold English
- fiefhold English
- fingerhold English
- foothold English
- forehold English
- forhold English
- handhold English
- hold English
- holdable English
- holdase English
- holdback English
- holder English
- holdest English
- holdeth English
- holdfast English
- holdless English
- holdoff English
- holdout English
- household English
- inhold English
- landhold English
- leasehold English
- leghold English
- lifehold English
- mini-hold English
- mishold English
- onhold English
- outhold English
- overhold English
- pinhold English
- resthold English
- roothold English
- shorthold English
- stokehold English
- stranglehold English
- stronghold English
- throttlehold English
- toehold English
- underhold English
- unhold English
- uphold English
- windhold English
- withhold English
- abhalten German
- halten German
- af Dutch, Flemish
- afhouden Dutch, Flemish
- houden Dutch, Flemish
- healdan Old English
- ofhealdan Old English
- holden Middle English
- ofholden Middle English
- afholde Danish
- afhouden Middle Dutch
- holim Tok Pisin
- hold
- ahold
- inhold
- holder
- behold
- uphold
- unhold
- onhold
- outhold
- holdout
- pinhold
- forhold
- holdase
- holdeth
- mishold
- toehold
- holdoff
- leghold
- holdest
- roothold
- foothold
- holdfast
- handhold
- windhold
- holdable
- holdless
- resthold
- landhold
- lifehold
- copyhold
- withhold
- fiefhold
- overhold
- holdback
- forehold
- underhold
- mini-hold
- chokehold
- leasehold
- shorthold
- stokehold
- household
- anchorhold
- fingerhold
- breathhold
- commonhold
- stronghold
- stranglehold
- throttlehold