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misholds

misholds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 misholds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misholds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mishold.

Words near misholds in the dictionary

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

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