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onholds

onholds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of onhold.

Meaning of onhold

Verb

onhold (third-person singular simple present onholds, present participle onholding, simple past onheld, past participle onheld or onholden)

  1. (dialectal, poetic, rare, transitive) 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
  2. (dialectal, intransitive, poetic, rare) 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

Questions about onholds

What is onholds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Onholds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of onhold.

Words near onholds in the dictionary

  1. onhanger
  2. onhangers
  3. onheld
  4. onhold
  5. onholding
  6. onholds
  7. oni
  8. onia
  9. onibi
  10. Onibury
  11. Oniceni

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