A Quick and Simple Dictionary

hold

1. Adjective.  (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To grasp or grip.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To contain or store.
4. Verb.  (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To reserve.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To detain.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To maintain, to consider.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of that person's actions.
10. Verb.  (intransitive) To be or remain valid; to apply; to ''hold true''; to ''hold good''.
11. Verb.  (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
12. Noun.  A grasp or grip.
13. Noun.  Something reserved or kept.
14. Noun.  (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
15. Noun.  (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble.
16. Noun.  (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
17. Noun.  (rfdef, lang en) .
18. Noun.  (nautical) The cargo area of a ship, (often ''cargo hold'').