"holdfast" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holdfast Bay"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hold",
        "3": "fast"
      },
      "expansion": "hold + fast",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "hold + fast",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holdfasts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "holdfast (plural holdfasts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 198",
          "text": "And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tentacles and holdfasts unto it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened."
      ],
      "id": "en-holdfast-en-noun-~NnTtWqt",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skoba",
          "sense": "Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скоба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "stjaga",
          "sense": "Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стяга"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "hapteron"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-holdfast-en-noun-vn4qrCtR",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "sessile",
          "sessile"
        ],
        [
          "algae",
          "algae"
        ],
        [
          "crinoid",
          "crinoid"
        ],
        [
          "benthic",
          "benthic"
        ],
        [
          "cnidarian",
          "cnidarian"
        ],
        [
          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
        [
          "substrate",
          "substrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 37 46 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 28 54 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fasteners",
          "orig": "en:Fasteners",
          "parents": [
            "Tools",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Actinomycosis."
      ],
      "id": "en-holdfast-en-noun-GVe5q9hm",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "Actinomycosis",
          "actinomycosis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, James Bonnet, Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers",
          "text": "Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The aspect of a character that experiences destructive temptation."
      ],
      "id": "en-holdfast-en-noun-xC8nJVjk",
      "links": [
        [
          "aspect",
          "aspect"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "holdfast"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "en:Fasteners"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Holdfast Bay"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hold",
        "3": "fast"
      },
      "expansion": "hold + fast",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "hold + fast",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holdfasts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "holdfast (plural holdfasts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 198",
          "text": "And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tentacles and holdfasts unto it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "hapteron"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "sessile",
          "sessile"
        ],
        [
          "algae",
          "algae"
        ],
        [
          "crinoid",
          "crinoid"
        ],
        [
          "benthic",
          "benthic"
        ],
        [
          "cnidarian",
          "cnidarian"
        ],
        [
          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
        [
          "substrate",
          "substrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Actinomycosis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "Actinomycosis",
          "actinomycosis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, James Bonnet, Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers",
          "text": "Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The aspect of a character that experiences destructive temptation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aspect",
          "aspect"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skoba",
      "sense": "Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скоба"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stjaga",
      "sense": "Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стяга"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holdfast"
}