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"
hold - thesaurus
Synonyms: clench, cling (to), clutch, grip, keep, reserve, retain, withhold
Antonyms: give up, hand over, release, relinquish, surrender, yield, lack, want
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 *-d-) is a root extension with resultative meaning, a derivative from the Indo-European base *kelh- "set in motion," with sense shift from "pasture" to "keep, protect" to "hold"