Crossword-Solution: HOLD 4 letters, 354 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word	Word Type	Definition
Hold	n.	The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
Hold	v. t.	To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
Hold	v. t.	To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
Hold	v. t.	To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
Hold	v. t.	To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Hold	v. t.	To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Hold	v. t.	To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
Hold	v. t.	To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
Hold	v. t.	To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Hold	v. t.	To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
Hold	v. t.	To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
Hold	n. i.	In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
Hold	n. i.	Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
Hold	n. i.	Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
Hold	n. i.	Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
Hold	n. i.	Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
Hold	n. i.	To restrain one's self; to refrain.
Hold	n. i.	To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
Hold	n.	The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
Hold	n.	The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
Hold	n.	Binding power and influence.
Hold	n.	Something that may be grasped; means of support.
Hold	n.	A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
Hold	n.	A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
Hold	n.	A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
HOLD	anagram	DHOL, OLDH

We have 354 clues for the answer “HOLD”

Clue	Answers
"I'm going to need a moment"	1 answer
"Please ___" (secretary's words)	1 answer
"__ your horses!"	1 answer
"___ Out Your Hand" (Brandi Carlile song)	1 answer
"___ on tight!"	1 answer
"___ that tiger"	1 answer
*"Hers to ___"	1 answer
A caller may be on this	1 answer
A plan may be put on it	1 answer
A storage space in the lower part of a ship or aircraft	1 answer
Advice between "buy" and "sell"	1 answer
Annoying thing to be on	1 answer
Answering system limbo	1 answer
Arm bar, e.g.	1 answer
Beatles "I Want to ___ Your Hand"	1 answer
Business phone button	1 answer
Button on a phone	1 answer
CARGO space on ship	1 answer
Callback alternative	1 answer
Cargo deck	1 answer
Cargo keeper	1 answer
Cargo site	1 answer
Cargo space aboard ship.	1 answer
Cargo storage space.	1 answer
Cargo's place	1 answer
Cargo-ship area	1 answer
Choose not to sell	1 answer
Claim, at a library	1 answer
Clasp in one's hand	1 answer
Commit a football foul	1 answer
Conduct, as a meeting	1 answer
Countdown stoppage	1 answer
Don't sell, as stock	1 answer
Fleetwood Mac "___ Me"	1 answer
Freighter area	1 answer
Frustrating thing to be on	1 answer
Full or half nelson	1 answer
Grasp in one's hand	1 answer
HAND clasp	1 answer
Half nelson or full nelson, e.g.	1 answer
Half nelson or full nelson.	1 answer
Half nelson, e.g.	1 answer
Half nelson.	1 answer
Hammer lock or headlock.	1 answer
Hammer lock.	1 answer
Hammerlock or full nelson	1 answer
Hammerlock or half nelson	1 answer
Hammerlock or headlock	1 answer
Hammerlock, e.g.	1 answer
Hammerlock.	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

EARET

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Unscramble HOLD 4-letter words that start with H 4-letter words that end in D 4-letter words containing OL 4-letter words containing LD 4-letter words with H and O

Sentences with HOLD (5)

Judgment in cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

The United States' Constitution Founding Fathers 1975

The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.

Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln 1979

Which of you is it to be?” “Don’t irritate him unnecessarily,” had been Wendy’s instructions in the hold; so Tootles stepped forward politely.

Peter Pan James M. Barrie 1991

Space may produce new Worlds; whereof so rife There went a fame in Heav’n that he ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven: Thither, if but to prie, shall be perhaps Our first eruption, thither or elsewhere: For this Infernal Pit shall never hold Caelestial Spirits in Bondage, nor th’ Abysse Long under darkness cover.

Paradise Lost John Milton 1991

The Innkeeper said, “Why do you howl so fearfully?” “I will tell you,” said the Thief, “but first let me ask you to hold my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces.

Aesop’s Fables Aesop 2000

Quotes with HOLD (3)

This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too.…

Marilyn Monroe

You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect — you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you…

Bob Marley

He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze.…

Bob Marley

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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 217 times in crossword archives (1946–2024).