"offhold" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: offholds [present, singular, third-person], offholding [participle, present], offheld [past], offheld [participle, past], offholden [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English ofholden, from Old English ofhealdan (“to withhold, retain”), equivalent to off- + hold. Cognate with Dutch afhouden (“to detain, deter”), German abhalten (“to discourage, prevent, deter”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ofholden}} Middle English ofholden, {{inh|en|ang|ofhealdan|t=to withhold, retain}} Old English ofhealdan (“to withhold, retain”), {{prefix|en|off|hold}} off- + hold, {{cog|nl|afhouden||to detain, deter}} Dutch afhouden (“to detain, deter”), {{cog|de|abhalten||to discourage, prevent, deter}} German abhalten (“to discourage, prevent, deter”) Head templates: {{en-verb|offholds|offholding|offheld|past_ptc2=offholden}} offhold (third-person singular simple present offholds, present participle offholding, simple past offheld, past participle offheld or offholden)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To retain. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-offhold-en-verb-UIvew1eY
  2. (intransitive) To hold off; prevent; refrain; avoid; shun. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-offhold-en-verb-K5EeAD-S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with off- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with off-: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: off-hold

Inflected forms

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