ahold
/əˈhoʊld/
ahold adverb: brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
Adverb
ahold (not comparable)
- Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
- Lay her a hold, a hold, ſet her two courſes off to Sea againe, lay her off.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
Noun
ahold (uncountable)
- A hold, grip, grasp.
- GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF!2009, Tim Irwin, Derailed: Five Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership, Thomas Nelson Inc., →ISBN, page 121
- Uh-oh... I guess I shouldn't have given my last babysitter such a hard time. Somehow she got ahold of the video Mom took of me running around without my diaper ... and posted it on YouTube.2009 May 21, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic)
ahold meaning in Tamil
ahold in Tamil
- பிடிமானம்
Forms of ahold
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Origin of ahold
From a- (“on”) + hold.
From a + hold.
Phrases with ahold
Words that rhyme with ahold
Questions about ahold
- What does ahold mean?
- Ahold means brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
- What is ahold in Tamil?
- Ahold in Tamil is பிடிமானம். See Ahold meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ahold?
- Ahold can be an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ahold?
- Ahold is pronounced /əˈhoʊld/.
Words near ahold in the dictionary
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