(aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
(baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
(gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
(gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
(nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
(tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
(video games, dated) A pause facility.
(wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
A grasp or grip.
A place where animals are held for safety
An act or instance of holding.
An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
Power over someone or something.
Something reserved or kept.
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
The ability to persist.
The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
verb
(archaic) To derive right or title.
(archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
(intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
(intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
(intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
(intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
(slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
(tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
(transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
(transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
(transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
(transitive) To contain or store.
(transitive) To detain.
(transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
(transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
(transitive) To reserve.
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
