"hand-hold" meaning in English

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      "form": "hand-holds",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hand-holding",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hand-held",
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      "form": "hand-held",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can hand-hold many professional cameras, but using a tripod may be a better idea.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold in the hand."
      ],
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        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
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          "hand",
          "hand"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To hold in the hand."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm sick of having to hand-hold every new person we hire. Why can't we train them first?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along)."
      ],
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          "watch"
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        [
          "attend",
          "attend"
        ],
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          "unnecessarily",
          "unnecessary"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "babysit"
        }
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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  "synonyms": [
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      "word": "handhold"
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  "word": "hand-hold"
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      "form": "hand-holds",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "handhold"
        }
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        "Alternative form of handhold."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "handhold"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hand-hold"
}

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      "form": "hand-holds",
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        "present",
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    {
      "form": "hand-holding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hand-held",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hand-held",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "You can hand-hold many professional cameras, but using a tripod may be a better idea.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold in the hand."
      ],
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          "hand",
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        "(transitive) To hold in the hand."
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along)."
      ],
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        [
          "watch",
          "watch"
        ],
        [
          "attend",
          "attend"
        ],
        [
          "unnecessarily",
          "unnecessary"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "babysit"
        }
      ],
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        "figuratively",
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      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "handhold"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hand-hold"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hand-holds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "handhold"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of handhold."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "handhold"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hand-hold"
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