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misheld

misheld is the simple past and past participle of mishold.

Meaning of mishold

Verb

mishold (third-person singular simple present misholds, present participle misholding, simple past misheld, past participle misheld or (archaic) misholden)

  1. (transitive) To hold wrongly, badly, or amiss; lose hold (of); abuse; neglect.
    • Kedang while attempting to catch hold of the safe, happened to mishold and fell in the lake where she was drowned; Saika's right hand was also in the safe, but it became stuck in its lid that she could no longer pull it out again.1971, Hamlet Bareh, Khasi fables and folk-tales

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What is misheld the simple past and past participle of?
Misheld is the simple past and past participle of mishold.

Words near misheld in the dictionary

  1. mishegaas
  2. mishegas
  3. mishegass
  4. mishegos
  5. mishegoss
  6. misheld
  7. mishellene
  8. mishellenes
  9. misherd
  10. misherded
  11. misherding

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