hold
hold - verb
- To have possession or ownership of or have at one's disposal
- To have as a privilege or position of responsibility
- To have as a mark of distinction
- To prevent free expression of
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"holds property worth millions"
Usage examples
Examples: "I can see the hold from here." "That hold belongs to me." "The hold is very important."
hold - thesaurus
SpellingJoy score for hold
SpellingJoy Gematria
📚 Apprentice
74
Letter Values
H
11
O
15
L
13
D
7
Etymology
Middle English holden, going back to Old English healdan, going back to Germanic *hald-a-, whence also Old High German haltan "to protect, guard, hold," Old Saxon haldan, Old Norse halda, Gothic haldan "to tend, graze (cattle)"; perhaps, if -d- (going back to Indo-European {it}*-d{sup}h{/sup}-{/it}) is a root extension with resultative meaning, a derivative from the Indo-European base {it}*kelh{inf}1{/inf}-{/it} "set in motion," with sense shift from "pasture" to "keep, protect" to "hold"
Found in Lyrics
"Time Is on My Side"
by The Rolling Stones
1964"Time is on my side"
Context: Rock song about age and time