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hold in

hold in verb: to keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping.

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
    • When the world is a monster
      bad to swallow you whole,
      kick the clay that holds those teeth in,
      throw your trolls out the door.1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Can’t Get There From Here”, in Fables of the Reconstruction
  2. (dated, intransitive) To restrain oneself.
    • He wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in.
  3. (transitive) To keep (someone) in prison or jail.

hold in meaning in Tamil

hold in in Tamil

to hold in, repress
கட்டுப்படுத்து kaṭṭuppaṭuttu

Forms of hold in

third-person singular presentholds in
present participleholding in
past participleheld in
pastheld in

Questions about hold in

What does hold in mean?
Hold in means to keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping.
What is hold in in Tamil?
Hold in in Tamil is கட்டுப்படுத்து (kaṭṭuppaṭuttu). See Hold in meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hold in?
Hold in is a verb.
What is the past tense of hold in?
The past tense of hold in is held in.

Words near hold in in the dictionary

  1. hold good
  2. hold hands
  3. hold hard
  4. hold harmless
  5. hold hostage
  6. hold in
  7. hold in contempt
  8. hold in derision
  9. hold in hand
  10. hold it
  11. hold it down

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