tenere

Definitions

• (transitive) to hold
• (transitive) to keep
• (ambitransitive) to hold up; to sustain
• (transitive) continue to wear; to not remove a garment; to keep on a garment
• (transitive) to take
• (transitive) to have; to possess
• (transitive) to treat (in a certain way)
• (transitive) to have employed
• (transitive) to manage
• (transitive) of a speech, lesson, etc. to carry out
• (transitive) to have over or keep (at a place)
• (transitive) to hold back an impulse, feeling, etc.
• (transitive) to look over or take care of
• (transitive) to assume or take up a behavior, attitude, etc.
• (transitive) to take up occupy space
• (transitive) to contain
• (transitive) to defend a position, etc. from enemy attack
• (transitive) to continue coverage of uninteresting or unpressing news, in hopes of future developments
• (transitive) to consider or deem; to hold to be
• (transitive) to refrain from spending; to be stingy
• (intransitive) of a glue, etc. to stick or attach well
• (intransitive) to be airtight
• (intransitive) to seem colorable; to hold water
• (intransitive) to last
• (intransitive) (with per) to support someone's views, positions, etc.
• (intransitive) (with per) to root root (for)
• (intransitive) (with a) to like or love (in a non romantic way)
• (intransitive) of a currency, stock market, etc. to remain stable
• (intransitive) to look like