holds
UK/həʊldz//hoʊldz/
holds is the plural of hold.
holds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold.
Meaning of hold
Noun
hold (plural holds)
- A grasp or grip.
- Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- An act or instance of holding.
- Can I have a hold of the baby?
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.
- Something reserved or kept.
- We have a hold here for you.
- Power over someone or something.
- The fad has gained a sure hold on every teenager.
Phrases with holds
- holds in
- holds it
- holds on
- holds to
- holds up
- holds off
- holds out
- hot holds
- jug holds
- toe holds
- holds back
- holds dear
93 more phrasesFewer phrases
- holds down
- holds fast
- holds fire
- holds firm
- holds good
- holds onto
- holds over
- holds tack
- holds true
- holds with
- love holds
- wind holds
- cargo holds
- choke holds
- holds cheap
- holds court
- holds forth
- holds it in
- holds short
- holds space
- holds still
- holds tight
- holds up as
- holds water
- legal holds
- holds ransom
- baggage holds
- gangsta holds
- holds a light
- holds against
- holds back on
- holds hostage
- holds in hand
- holds it down
- luggage holds
- octopus holds
- sleeper holds
- climbing holds
- holds a candle
- holds a grudge
- holds the aces
- holds the book
- holds the line
- holds the ring
- holds the road
- holds together
- holds one's jaw
- holds one's own
- holds one's pee
- holds the cards
- holds the floor
- holds the phone
- holds the reins
- holds the stage
- holds to ransom
- no holds barred
- holds for ransom
- holds one's fire
- holds one's nose
- holds one's piss
- holds to account
- zero-order holds
- first-order holds
- holds a mirror to
- holds a torch for
- holds in contempt
- holds in derision
- holds it together
- holds one's drink
- holds one's nerve
- holds one's peace
- holds one's water
- holds a candle for
- holds one's breath
- holds one's horses
- holds one's liquor
- holds one's tongue
- holds that thought
- holds up one's end
- holds by the button
- holds down the fort
- holds one's alcohol
- holds one's nose up
- holds a mirror up to
- holds someone's hand
- holds up a mirror to
- holds one's head high
- holds oneself together
- holds the purse strings
- holds over someone's head
- holds a gun to someone's head
- holds someone's feet to the fire
- holds with the hare and runs with the hounds
Words that rhyme with holds
Questions about holds
- What is holds the plural of?
- Holds is the plural of hold.
- How do you pronounce holds?
- Holds is pronounced /həʊldz/ (UK).
Words near holds in the dictionary
Source and license
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