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Holding Meaning in German |
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English
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German
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Griff
, Einfluss
, Gewalt
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Festhalten
, Land
, Gut
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Holding
- (n.) The burden or chorus of a song.
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hold
- (n.) A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
- (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
- (n.) That which holds, binds, or influences.
Synonyms:
Keeping, Property, Retaining, Retention,
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• Hold
- (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
- (n. i.) To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
- (n. i.) Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
- (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.
- (n. i.) In general, to keep ones self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
- (n.) The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
- (v. t.) To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
- (n.) A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
- (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
- (n.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
- (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.
- (n. i.) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (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.
- (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
- (n.) Binding power and influence.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To retain in ones keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
- (n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- (n. i.) To restrain ones self; to refrain.
Synonyms:
Accommodate, Adjudge, Admit, Agree, Apply, Appreciation, Arrest, Bear, Bind, Book, Carry, Check, Clasp, Clench, Clutch, Concord, Concur, Confine, Contain, Control, Curb, Custody, Declare, Deem, Defend, Defy, Delay, Detention, Entertain, Give, Grasp, Grip, Guard, Halt, Handle, Harbor, Have, Keep, Maintain, Make, Moderate, Nurse, Obligate, Oblige, Obtain, Postponement, Prevail, Reserve, Restrain, Retain, Support, Sustain, Take, Throw, Wait, Withstand,
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bustling, fiddling, confusing, bee-eater, bubbly, commodity exchange, antiquarian, destructible, crestfallen, bereave, functional, berate, bequest, concoction, bequeath, raven, basil, basics, clover, barrier, fragrance, provoke, awfully, look back, vanguard, habitually, apogee, smashed, aplomb, anchovies, abrasion, rant, |
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Sparkle, Thank, Feel, You, Love, Kiss, Weaken, Be, Glitter, Blend, I, Do, Go, Abash, Dark, Slash, Boy, Shorten, Endure, Bride, Trend, Girl, Abbreviate, Dedicate, Romance, Father, Sparkling, Gash, Feeling, Run, Thanks, Abductor, |
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