held
/ˈhɛld/
held is the simple past and past participle of hold.
Meaning of hold
Verb
hold (third-person singular simple present holds, present participle holding, simple past held, past participle held or (archaic) holden)
- To grasp or grip.
- Hold the pencil like this.
- To contain or store.
- This package holds six bottles.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Hold my coat for me.
- To reserve.
- Hold a table for us at 7:00.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- Hold the elevator.
- To halt or delay (medication) temporarily.
- Patients who test positive for COVID-19 infection should be advised to hold their biologic dose until their infection clears.2020 June, Nicholas D. Brownstone, Quinn G. Thibodeaux, Vidhatha D. Reddy, Bridget A. Myers, Stephanie Y. Chan, Tina Bhutani, Wilson Liao, “Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Biologic Therapy...
- Synonyms:
- withhold
Words formed from held
Phrases with held
- held in
- held it
- held on
- held to
- held up
- held off
- held out
- hot held
- held back
- held ball
- held dear
- held down
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- held fast
- held fire
- held firm
- held good
- held onto
- held over
- held tack
- held true
- held with
- held balls
- held cheap
- held court
- held forth
- held it in
- held short
- held space
- held still
- held tight
- held up as
- held water
- held ransom
- closely held
- held a light
- held against
- held back on
- held hostage
- held in hand
- held it down
- held a candle
- held a grudge
- held the aces
- held the book
- held the line
- held the ring
- held the road
- held together
- publicly held
- held one's jaw
- held one's own
- held one's pee
- held the cards
- held the floor
- held the phone
- held the reins
- held the stage
- held to ransom
- privately held
- held for ransom
- held one's fire
- held one's nose
- held one's piss
- held to account
- held a mirror to
- held a torch for
- held in contempt
- held in derision
- held it together
- held one's drink
- held one's nerve
- held one's peace
- held one's water
- held a candle for
- held one's breath
- held one's horses
- held one's liquor
- held one's tongue
- held that thought
- held up one's end
- held by the button
- held down the fort
- held one's alcohol
- held one's nose up
- held a mirror up to
- held someone's hand
- held up a mirror to
- held one's head high
- held oneself together
- held the purse strings
- held over someone's head
- with one's head held high
- held a gun to someone's head
- held someone's feet to the fire
- held with the hare and ran with the hounds
- held with the hare and run with the hounds
Words that rhyme with held
Questions about held
- What is held the simple past and past participle of?
- Held is the simple past and past participle of hold.
- How do you pronounce held?
- Held is pronounced /ˈhɛld/.
Words near held in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: held (page history and authors); hold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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