hold
187
4.6
- noun
- /hoʊld/
:
bodega
- The police officer led the suspect to the hold, a small room where he would wait.
- a ship's hold
- hold capacity
- fish in the hold
Isn't it somehow have a hold like a stronghold?
- Isn't it somehow have a hold like a stronghold?
Examples
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This ventilation shaft connects to the forward hold.
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It's in the hold of the ship.
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Please take me back to my holding cell.
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Every day my marshals take me down to the holding cell.
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All non-security personnel are to report to their holding areas.
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At dockside with a day's catch, the hold of the carrier vessel is partially flooded with water.
Academic text (1991) -
Grain, coal, and ores are delivered into the holds using conveyor systems.
Academic text (2008) -
Then, when the cargo was securely in place and the hold had been secured, the green delta reappeared.
Fiction book (1991) -
Wheat dust, accumulating in grain elevators or the holds of ships, can explode.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the ship's hold, the cargo is stored securely during the voyage.
Synonyms
339
1.0
A place where people keep things until they need them
43
1.5
A small room in a prison where guards keep prisoners
40
5.5
A small room in a police station where police keep people temporarily
38
1.8
A room where people keep extra things not used every day
33
4.1
A secure room in a police station where people wait briefly before going to court
29
2.7
A small locked room in jail for holding a person
29
1.6
A room where you keep things you do not use often
20
1.6
A place where you keep things in a house, box, or phone
16
3.9
A space on a ship or plane that contains goods during transport
11
2.0
A space in a ship or plane where cargo is kept
11
3.0
A small locked box in a public place for keeping personal things
10
3.1
A building where goods are kept for later use
5
3.6
Part of a ship, plane, or vehicle where goods are stored
2
4.4
A large room in a jail or police station where officers keep several people for a short time
2
8.6
A secure room in a castle used to hold prisoners
1
2.8
A large building where a company keeps goods until they sell or use them
1
9.7
A storage space near the front of a ship for cargo
1
7.7
A space on a ship or vehicle for keeping supplies
1
3.7
A floor on a ship or plane where people put goods
Idioms
- Informal
42
4.8
To feel angry at someone for something they did in the past that hurt you
- Informal
12
8.1
Make someone do what they promised or take responsibility by pressuring them
2
8.5
Ask anyone who objects to speak now or be silent forever
- Informal
1
8.8
To have the only responsibility for a hard problem when others avoid it
- Slang
A joking request to someone to hold your drink before doing something daring
- Slang
A joking way to say you will try something daring or foolish after someone else does
To support two opposite sides at the same time to please both
Compounds
- NSFW
7
7.5
A tight arm around someone's neck from behind to stop them moving or make them pass out
- Jargon
1
7.8
A position where someone wraps their legs around an opponent's body or head and presses their feet together to squeeze
- Jargon
A wrestler wraps their legs around someone's body or head and squeezes them with the feet
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
A ship's or jail hold comes from Old English healdan, meaning 'to keep' or 'store', so a 'hold' is a place where things or people are kept for storage or confinement.