"hand-hold" meaning in All languages combined

See hand-hold on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: hand-holds [present, singular, third-person], hand-holding [participle, present], hand-held [participle, past], hand-held [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hand-holds|hand-holding|hand-held}} hand-hold (third-person singular simple present hand-holds, present participle hand-holding, simple past and past participle hand-held)
  1. (transitive) To hold in the hand. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hand-hold-en-verb-GtnFoGPl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along). Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms (watch or attend unnecessarily closely): babysit
    Sense id: en-hand-hold-en-verb-lXRT0m3b Disambiguation of 'watch or attend unnecessarily closely': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: handhold

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for hand-hold meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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