"hield" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-hield.ogg
Rhymes: -ilt Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} hield
  1. singular past indicative of houden Tags: form-of, indicative, past, singular Form of: houden
    Sense id: en-hield-nl-verb-qZwqOO0J Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

Forms: hields [plural], heeld [alternative], heald [alternative], heild [alternative], hild [alternative], hyld [alternative], held [alternative], helde [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English held, from Old English hielde (“slope, declivity”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijōn, *halþijō (“inclination, slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with German Halde (“slope”), Danish hæld (“an incline, slope”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|held}} Middle English held, {{inh|en|ang|hielde||slope, declivity}} Old English hielde (“slope, declivity”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*halþijōn}} Proto-Germanic *halþijōn, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kel-||to tilt, tip, incline}} Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”), {{cog|de|Halde||slope}} German Halde (“slope”), {{cog|da|hæld||an incline, slope}} Danish hæld (“an incline, slope”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hield (plural hields)
  1. An inclination; a cant.
    Sense id: en-hield-en-noun-t0afS2wq
  2. (UK dialectal) An incline; slope. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-hield-en-noun-qAliF04J Categories (other): British English
  3. A decline; decrease; wane.
    Sense id: en-hield-en-noun-rIirRHtc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Etymology: From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden (“to incline”), Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), Icelandic hella (“to pur”). See also heel. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heelden}} Middle English heelden, {{inh|en|ang|hieldan}} Old English hieldan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*halþijan}} Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*halþijaną||to bend, incline, pour, empty}} Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kel-||to tilt, tip, incline}} Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”), {{cog|nl|hellen||to incline}} Dutch hellen (“to incline”), {{cog|nds|hellen||to incline}} Low German hellen (“to incline”), {{cog|gmh|helden||to incline}} Middle High German helden (“to incline”), {{cog|da|hælde||to tilt, lean, slant, slope}} Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), {{cog|sv|hälla||to tilt, pour}} Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), {{cog|is|halla||incline, lean sideways, heel over}} Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), {{cog|is|hella||to pur}} Icelandic hella (“to pur”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} hield (third-person singular simple present hields, present participle hielding, simple past and past participle hielded) Forms: hields [present, singular, third-person], hielding [participle, present], hielded [participle, past], hielded [past], heeld [alternative], heald [alternative], heild [alternative], hild [alternative], hyld [alternative], held [alternative], helde [alternative]
  1. (transitive) To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hield-en-verb-eVmK3Mrx
  2. (transitive) To pour out; pour. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hield-en-verb-JS9DtgFB
  3. (transitive) To throw; cast; put. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hield-en-verb-rC7g1hcw Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 5 5 10 31 5 18 9 Synonyms: fling, hurl, bung [Australia, UK], cast, chuck, chunk [Southern-US, slang], cook [UK, dialectal, obsolete], dash, dump, feck, fling, jerk [obsolete], heave, hield, hoy [Australia, Northumbria], huck, hurl, hurtle [archaic, literary], launch, lob, peck [regional], peg [slang], pick [obsolete], pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, slight, skew [Yorkshire], sling, thrill [obsolete], throw, toss, traject, warp [obsolete, rare], whang [Australia, UK], whip, whop, wing, yeet [slang]
  4. (intransitive) To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hield-en-verb--BxVhQtZ
  5. (intransitive) To decline; sink; go down. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hield-en-verb-Vm2A2AXD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 15 7 3 6 16 8 23 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 9 6 6 12 17 6 22 11
  6. (intransitive) To yield; give way; surrender. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hield-en-verb-ijoeOFka
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hade, heel
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /xi͜yld/, [hi͜yɫd]
Rhymes: -i͜yld Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form}} hield
  1. imperative singular of hieldan Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: hieldan
    Sense id: en-hield-ang-verb-ovmVjVnP Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
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          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hurtle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "launch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "lob"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "peck"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "peg"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
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          "word": "pick"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "pitch"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "precipitate"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "project"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "quoit"
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        {
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          "word": "slight"
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        {
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          "word": "sling"
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          "word": "thrill"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "toss"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "traject"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
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          "word": "warp"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "whang"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "whip"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "whop"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:throw",
          "word": "wing"
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          "word": "yeet"
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        "imperative singular of hieldan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hieldan",
          "hieldan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xi͜yld/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hi͜yɫd]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i͜yld"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hield"
}

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