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misholding

misholding is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about misholding

What is misholding the present participle and gerund of?
Misholding is the present participle and gerund of mishold.

Words near misholding in the dictionary

  1. Mishnic
  2. Mishnical
  3. Mishoe
  4. Mishoes
  5. mishold
  6. misholding
  7. misholds
  8. Mishongnovi
  9. Mishongovi
  10. mishoon
  11. mishoons

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