onhold
onhold verb: to hold on (to).
Verb
onhold (third-person singular simple present onholds, present participle onholding, simple past onheld, past participle onheld or onholden)
- To hold on (to).
- She leaped and trembled; still onheld his gripe, And gnawed her waning life.1882, Keningale Robert Cook, The king of Kent
- Because of economic downturn, I onhold my dream first and use my lovely office's notebook IBM Thinkpad T60P as my best friend.2008, An Apple A day
- To hold on.
- Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Secondary Committee onheld 8 July, 1918, be and they are hereby confirmed.1919, Middlesbrough (England). Education Committee, Proceedings
Forms of onhold
| third-person singular present | onholds |
|---|---|
| present participle | onholding |
| past | onheld |
| past participle | onheld |
| past participle | onholden |
Origin of onhold
From Middle English anhealden (“to retain”), from Old English onhealdan, anhealdan (“to hold, keep”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian anhoolde (“to stop, persist”), West Frisian oanhâlde (“to apprehend, arrest, detain”), Dutch aanhouden (“to persist, continue, retain”) and onthouden (“to withhold, retain”), German anhalten (“to stop, last, persist”) and enthalten (“to contain, include”). By surface analysis, on- + hold.
Words formed from onhold
Questions about onhold
- What does onhold mean?
- Onhold means to hold on (to).
- What part of speech is onhold?
- Onhold is a verb.
- What is the past tense of onhold?
- The past tense of onhold is onheld.
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