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held in

held in is the simple past and past participle of hold in.

Meaning of hold in

Verb

hold in (third-person singular simple present holds in, present participle holding in, simple past and past participle held in)

  1. (transitive) To keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping.
    • to hold in laughter, or one's emotions
  2. (dated, intransitive) To restrain oneself.
    • He wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in.
  3. (transitive) To keep (someone) in prison or jail.

Questions about held in

What is held in the simple past and past participle of?
Held in is the simple past and past participle of hold in.

Words near held in in the dictionary

  1. held firm
  2. held for ransom
  3. held forth
  4. held good
  5. held hostage
  6. held in
  7. held in contempt
  8. held in derision
  9. held in hand
  10. held it
  11. held it down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: held in (page history and authors); hold in (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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