hold

to put something on hold; to cause delay


hold

vzdát/složit někomu hold

hold (nominative singular)
holdy (nominative plural)
holdu (genitive singular)
holdů (genitive plural)
holdu (dative singular)
holdům (dative plural)
hold (accusative singular)
holdy (accusative plural)
holde (singular vocative)
holdy (plural vocative)
holdu (locative singular)
holdech (locative plural)
holdem (instrumental singular)
holdy (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Old Czech hold, from Middle High German hulde (German Huld).


hold

team (group of persons working or playing together)

class (group of students taught together)

distance, side (only with the prepositions på or fra and an adjective)

head

hold n (singular definite holdet, plural indefinite hold)

holdet (definite singular)
hold (indefinite plural)
hold (indefinite nominative singular)
holden (definite nominative singular)
holde (indefinite nominative plural)
holdne (definite nominative plural)
holds (genitive indefinite singular)
holdens (definite genitive singular)
holdes (genitive indefinite plural)
holdnes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse hald (“grip, power, hold”). Also see holde (“to hold”), to which it is ultimately related.


hold

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


hold

Hold the pencil like this.

But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.

2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:

This package holds six bottles.

Hold my coat for me.

The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.

She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.

2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:

(heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.

(transitive) To have and keep possession of something.

To maintain or keep to a position or state.

To have and keep possession of something.

Hold a table for us at 7:00.

Hold the elevator.

Hold the suspect in this cell.

to hold true

The proposition holds.

I remember, before the Dwarf left the Queen, he followed us one day into thoſe gardens, and my Nurſe having ſet me down, he and I being cloſe together, near ſome Dwarf Apple trees, I muſt need ſhew my Wit, by a ſilly Alluſion between him and the Trees, which happens to hold in their Language as it doth in ours.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 226–227:

The rule holds in land as well as all other commodities.

1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC:

Free speech is a basic human right that holds even during a state of emergency.

2021 July 20, Masayuki Yuda, “Foodpanda faces backlash after calling Thai protest 'terrorism'”, in Nikkei Asia, Nikkei Inc, retrieved 2021-07-20:

(intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).

to hold firm

Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

(intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.

We cannot hold mortality's strong hand.

1623, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John (Act iv, scene 2):

Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow.

1646, Richard Crashaw, Vpon the Death of Mr. Herrys:

He hath not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue.

1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:

(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

He holds himself proudly erect.

Hold your head high.

Let him hold his fingers thus, and through that cranny shall Pyramus and Thisby whisper .

1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream:

Lay on, Macduff, and damned him that first cries hold, enough!

1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth:

(intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.

Our force by land hath nobly held.

1623, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:

(intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.

to hold one's bladder

to hold one's breath

To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.

To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.

She holds that passive index funds beat actively managed ones: she says that "set it and forget it," when done right, beats playing the market as a gambler.

He neuer hild but gracious thoughts of vvomen, yeat, I vvinne, / The fayreſt She he euer ſavv might quit his thoughts of ſinne.

1602, William Warner, “The Seventh Booke. Chapter XXXVI.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 173:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

1776, Thomas Jefferson et al., United States Declaration of Independence:

In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

It's a terrible thought / To have and hold

2023, Sufjan Stevens (lyrics and music), “Javelin (To Have and To Hold)”, in Javelin:

(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.

(transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.

He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.

I'll hold him to that promise.

(transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.

To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.

Hold not thy peace, and be not still.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 83:1:

Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.

1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II:

To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.

Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Thessalonians 2:15:

These reasons mov'd her starlike husband's heart, But still he held his purpose to depart:

1700, Ovid (John Dryden), Ceyx and Alcyone:

To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.

His dauntless heart would fain have held / From weeping, but his eyes rebelled.

1685, John Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis: A Funeral Pindaric Poem:

(archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.

To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.

(tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.

He came into the hall where the wedding-festival had held […].

1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 9:

Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.

Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).

My Crovvn is abſolute, and holds of none.

1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 12:

His imagination holds immediately from nature.

One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.

A martini, please, and hold the olive.

(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.

[…] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' I'd say yes if we had our supply and no if it was dangerous.

1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 122:

(slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.

To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.

en-verb

hold (third-person singular simple present holds, present participle holding, simple past held, past participle held or (archaic) holden)

holds (present singular third-person)
holding (participle present)
held (past)
held (participle past)
holden (archaic participle past)

hold with the hare and run with the hounds

one can't hold two watermelons in one hand

pitää

to bind to a consequence of one's actions

Derived from Middle English holden, derived from Old English healdan, derived from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, derived from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to tend, herd”), maybe derived from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”).
Cognates
*West Frisian hâlde
*Low German holden, holen
*Dutch houden
*German halten
*Danish
*Norwegian Bokmål holde
*Norwegian Nynorsk halda.
Compare Latin celer (“quick”), Tocharian B käl- (“to goad, drive”), Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō, “to drive”), Sanskrit कलयति (kalayati, “to impel”).

der+

derived from Proto-West Germanic *haldan

der

Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to tend, herd”)

der+

derived from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to tend, herd”)

derived from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”)


hold

Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.

Can I have a hold of the baby?

A place where animals are held for safety

Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.

Because there were no “launch commit criteria” regarding surface booster temperatures that might cause a hold on the launch, the ice team did not report the temperatures to the launch controllers.

2008, R. Michael Gordon, The Space Shuttle Program: How NASA Lost Its Way, page 98:

An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.

We have a hold here for you.

The Judge accepts the payment, the law no longer has a hold on you, and therefore you are free to walk out of the court a free man or woman.

2008, Christopher Clarke-Milton, Dawn of the Messiah - Book 1, →ISBN, page 199:

War has a hold on our cultural imaginations as an inevitable force, it is peace that has no benefactor.

2013, Wim Wenders, Mary Zournazi, Inventing Peace: A Dialogue on Perception, →ISBN, page 107:

This year I slept and woke with pain,
I almost wish’d no more to wake,
And that my hold on life would break
Before I heard those bells again: […]

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXVIII, page 45:

Despite their seemingly strong hold on life, as indicated by the persistence of movement in decapitation tests, rattlers are relatively frail creatures and are easily killed.

1982, Laurence Monroe Klauber, Karen Harvey McClung, Rattlesnakes, Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence, →ISBN, page 48:

Sculpturing gels provide stiffer hold than styling gels, which provide better hold than mousses.

2004, Zoe Diana Draelos, Hair Care: An Illustrated Dermatologic Handbook, page 221:

The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.

He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.

en:position or grip to control an opponent

(wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.

(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time

2002, "Reality", “The Scorecard For Bookmakers”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 2015-04-27:

The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.

(gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.

2012, Sarah Fortnum, “Melbourne Cup 2012 From The Bookie’s Perspective”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 2012-11-12:

As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015

(gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.

(tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.

So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.

[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:

The beginner will instinctively try to stick his toe straight in in a foot hold, which is very tiring on the calf muscles.

1995, Turlough Johnston, Madeleine Halldén, Rock Climbing Basics, →ISBN, page 86:

The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.

A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.

A hold facility is available; H holds, and S restarts.

1983, New Generation Software, Knot in 3D (video game instruction leaflet)

SCREEN 5 — Perhaps the toughest — going like the clappers sometimes works but generally you'll have to be smarter than that. If things get a little too hectic and you don't even have time to reach the HOLD key, try taking a short rest below the top of the stairs.

1987?, Imagine Software, Legend of Kage (video game instruction leaflet)

Given that there is an average on-hold time of more than five minutes while enquiries are being dealt with, the telephone hold system provided the best opportunity.

2003, Daniel Jackson, Paul Fulberg, Sonic Branding: An Essential Guide to the Art and Science of Sonic Branding, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 6:

Even the "on-hold" messages on Southwest's telephone system are humorous, ensuring anyone inconvenienced by the hold is entertained.

2005, Lorraine Grubbs-West, Lessons in Loyalty: How Southwest Airlines Does it : an Insider's View, CornerStone Leadership Inst, →ISBN, page 56:

Note. After the device downloads its new configuration file, we can test placing a call on hold and the generic hold music will be heard.

2012, Tanner Ezell, Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8: Expert Administration Cookbook, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:

The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.

(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.

(aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.


hold

We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane.

(nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).

Alteration (due to hold) of hole. Cognate with Dutch hol (“hole, cave, den, cavity, cargo hold”), Dutch holte (“cavity, hollow, den”).


hold

at the proper moment, I stepped forward with a gay heart and a hold one

1854, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Passages from a Relinquished Work”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:

(obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.

en-adj

hold (comparative more hold, superlative most hold)

more hold (comparative)
most hold (superlative)

From Middle English hold, holde, from Old English hold (“gracious, friendly, kind”), from Proto-West Germanic *holþ, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“favourable, gracious, loyal”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tend, incline, bend, tip”).
Cognate with German hold (“gracious, friendly, sympathetic, grateful”), Danish and Swedish huld (“fair, kindly, gracious”), Icelandic hollur (“faithful, dedicated, loyal”), German Huld (“grace, favour”).


hold

Er blieb ihr immer hold.

Das Glück / Wetter war uns nicht hold.

(dated, literary, predicative) affectionate, devoted, loyal [with dative ‘to someone/something’]

Ade, du holde Maid!

Um aber auf deinen holden Kadettengeneral zurückzukommen, so will ich dir, weil du mir dein Geheimnis anvertraut hast, auch etwas Geheimnisvolles verraten […]

1907, Carl Spitteler, chapter 7, in Die Mädchenfeinde:

(archaic, poetic or humorous) gracious, graceful, comely, dainty

de-adj

hold (strong nominative masculine singular holder, comparative holder, superlative am holdesten)

holder (masculine nominative singular strong)
holder (comparative)
am holdesten (superlative)
hold (masculine predicative singular)
hold (feminine predicative singular)
hold (neuter predicative singular)
hold (plural predicative)
holder (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
holde (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
holdes (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
holde (nominative plural strong without-article)
holden (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
holder (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
holden (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
holder (genitive plural strong without-article)
holdem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
holder (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
holdem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
holden (dative plural strong without-article)
holden (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
holde (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
holdes (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
holde (accusative plural strong without-article)
der holde (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die holde (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das holde (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die holden (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des holden (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der holden (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des holden (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der holden (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem holden (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der holden (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem holden (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den holden (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den holden (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die holde (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das holde (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die holden (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein holder (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine holde (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein holdes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
holden (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine holden (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines holden (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer holden (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines holden (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
holden (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner holden (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem holden (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer holden (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem holden (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
holden (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen holden (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen holden (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine holde (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein holdes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
holden (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine holden (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
holder (comparative masculine predicative singular)
holder (comparative feminine predicative singular)
holder (comparative neuter predicative singular)
holder (comparative plural predicative)
holderer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
holdere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
holderes (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
holdere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
holderen (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
holderer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
holderen (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
holderer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
holderem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
holderer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
holderem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
holderen (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
holderen (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
holdere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
holderes (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
holdere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der holdere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die holdere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das holdere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die holderen (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des holderen (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der holderen (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des holderen (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der holderen (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem holderen (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der holderen (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem holderen (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den holderen (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den holderen (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die holdere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das holdere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die holderen (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein holderer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine holdere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein holderes (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
holderen (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine holderen (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines holderen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer holderen (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines holderen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
holderen (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner holderen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem holderen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer holderen (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem holderen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
holderen (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen holderen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen holderen (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine holdere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein holderes (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
holderen (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine holderen (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am holdesten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am holdesten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am holdesten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am holdesten (plural predicative superlative)
holdester (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
holdeste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
holdestes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
holdeste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
holdesten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
holdester (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
holdesten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
holdester (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
holdestem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
holdester (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
holdestem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
holdesten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
holdesten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
holdeste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
holdestes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
holdeste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der holdeste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die holdeste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das holdeste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die holdesten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des holdesten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der holdesten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des holdesten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der holdesten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem holdesten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der holdesten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem holdesten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den holdesten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den holdesten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die holdeste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das holdeste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die holdesten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein holdester (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine holdeste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein holdestes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
holdesten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine holdesten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines holdesten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer holdesten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines holdesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
holdesten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner holdesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem holdesten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer holdesten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem holdesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
holdesten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen holdesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen holdesten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine holdeste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein holdestes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
holdesten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine holdesten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

From Middle High German holt, from Old High German hold, from Proto-West Germanic *holþ, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (hulþs, “clement”) and Old Norse hollr ( > Danish huld).


hold

A Szaturnusznak a tudomány jelenlegi állása szerint 83 holdja van.

According to the current state of science, Saturn has 83 moons.

holdfogyatkozás

moon, natural satellite
(in compounds) lunar

katasztrális hold
katasztrális hold#Hungarian

unit of surface area, originally the same as acre, but currently usually indicating katasztrális hold, though its different types range from 3500 m² to 8400 m²

holdak (plural)
hold (nominative singular)
holdak (nominative plural)
holdat (accusative singular)
holdakat (accusative plural)
holdnak (dative singular)
holdaknak (dative plural)
holddal (instrumental singular)
holdakkal (instrumental plural)
holdért (causal-final singular)
holdakért (causal-final plural)
holddá (singular translative)
holdakká (plural translative)
holdig (singular terminative)
holdakig (plural terminative)
holdként (essive-formal singular)
holdakként (essive-formal plural)
holdban (inessive singular)
holdakban (inessive plural)
holdon (singular superessive)
holdakon (plural superessive)
holdnál (adessive singular)
holdaknál (adessive plural)
holdba (illative singular)
holdakba (illative plural)
holdra (singular sublative)
holdakra (plural sublative)
holdhoz (allative singular)
holdakhoz (allative plural)
holdból (elative singular)
holdakból (elative plural)
holdról (delative singular)
holdakról (delative plural)
holdtól (ablative singular)
holdaktól (ablative plural)
holdé (singular)
holdaké (plural)
holdéi (singular)
holdakéi (plural)
holdam (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
holdjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
holdad (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
holdjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
holdja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
holdjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
holdunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
holdjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
holdatok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
holdjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
holdjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
holdjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Proto-Uralic *kuŋe. Cognates include Hungarian hó (“month”), Finnish and Estonian kuu.


hold

Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)

A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

is-noun

hold n (genitive singular holds, no plural)

holds (genitive singular)
hold (indefinite nominative singular)
holdið (definite nominative singular)
hold (accusative indefinite singular)
holdið (accusative definite singular)
holdi (dative indefinite singular)
holdinu (dative definite singular)
holds (genitive indefinite singular)
holdsins (definite genitive singular)

From Old Norse hold, from Proto-Germanic *huldą, from Proto-Indo-European *kol-, *kwol-. Cognate with Swedish hull.


hold

English: hold

From Old English hold, from Proto-West Germanic *holþ, a variant on a root meaning ‘lean, incline’ (compare Old English heald, hieldan).
Cognates include Old Frisian hold, Old Saxon hold, Old High German hold (German hold), Old Norse hollr (Danish huld, Swedish huld), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (hulþs).


hold

English: hold

From Old English hold, from Proto-Germanic *huldą, from Proto-Indo-European *kol-, *kwol-. Cognates include Old Norse hold (“flesh”) (Icelandic hold, Swedish hull), and (from Indo-European) Old Irish colainn, Welsh celain.


hold

holdet (definite singular)
hold (indefinite plural)
holda (definite plural)
hoill (alternative)

Inherited from Old Norse hold. Compare Icelandic hold, Danish huld and Swedish hull. Attested in a magic spell from Setesdal by J.E. Moe written as haall.


hold

Swā swā grǣdiġe ræmmas ðār ðār hī hold ġesēoþ.

Like greedy ravens when they see a corpse.

hold (nominative plural)
hold (nominative singular)
hold (nominative plural)
hold (accusative singular)
hold (accusative plural)
holdes (genitive singular)
holda (genitive plural)
holde (dative singular)
holdum (dative plural)

Middle English: hold
English: hold

From Proto-Germanic *huldą, from Proto-Indo-European *kol-, *kwol-. Cognates include Old Norse hold (“flesh”) (Icelandic hold, Swedish hull), and (from Indo-European) Old Irish colainn, Welsh celain.


hold

Swā hold is God mancynne ðæt he hæfþ ġeset his englas us to hyrdum.

God is so gracious to mankind that he has appointed angels as our guardians.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
...and behēt þæt hē wolde him hold bēon eallum...

...and promised that he would be friendly to them all...

ang-adj

hold (comparative holdra, superlative holdost)

holdra (comparative)
holdost (superlative)
hold (masculine nominative singular)
hold (feminine nominative singular)
hold (neuter nominative singular)
holdne (accusative masculine singular)
holde (accusative feminine singular)
hold (accusative neuter singular)
holdes (genitive masculine singular)
holdre (feminine genitive singular)
holdes (genitive neuter singular)
holdum (dative masculine singular)
holdre (dative feminine singular)
holdum (dative neuter singular)
holde (instrumental masculine singular)
holdre (feminine instrumental singular)
holde (instrumental neuter singular)
holde (masculine nominative plural)
holda (feminine nominative plural)
holde (feminine nominative plural)
hold (neuter nominative plural)
holde (accusative masculine plural)
holda (accusative feminine plural)
holde (accusative feminine plural)
hold (accusative neuter plural)
holdra (genitive masculine plural)
holdra (feminine genitive plural)
holdra (genitive neuter plural)
holdum (dative masculine plural)
holdum (dative feminine plural)
holdum (dative neuter plural)
holdum (instrumental masculine plural)
holdum (feminine instrumental plural)
holdum (instrumental neuter plural)
holda (masculine nominative singular)
holde (feminine nominative singular)
holde (neuter nominative singular)
holdan (accusative masculine singular)
holdan (accusative feminine singular)
holde (accusative neuter singular)
holdan (genitive masculine singular)
holdan (feminine genitive singular)
holdan (genitive neuter singular)
holdan (dative masculine singular)
holdan (dative feminine singular)
holdan (dative neuter singular)
holdan (instrumental masculine singular)
holdan (feminine instrumental singular)
holdan (instrumental neuter singular)
holdan (masculine nominative plural)
holdan (feminine nominative plural)
holdan (neuter nominative plural)
holdan (accusative masculine plural)
holdan (accusative feminine plural)
holdan (accusative neuter plural)
holdra (genitive masculine plural)
holdena (genitive masculine plural)
holdra (feminine genitive plural)
holdena (feminine genitive plural)
holdra (genitive neuter plural)
holdena (genitive neuter plural)
holdum (dative masculine plural)
holdum (dative feminine plural)
holdum (dative neuter plural)
holdum (instrumental masculine plural)
holdum (feminine instrumental plural)
holdum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: hold
English: hold

From Proto-West Germanic *holþ, a variant on a root meaning ‘lean, incline’ (compare Old English heald, hieldan).
Cognates include Old Frisian hold, Old Saxon hold, Old High German hold (German hold), Old Norse hollr (Danish huld, Swedish huld), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (hulþs).


hold

Middle High German: holt

German: hold

Yiddish: האָלט האָבן (holt hobn)

From Proto-West Germanic *holþ. Cognate with Old English hold (“gracious, loyal, kind”), Old Norse hollr.