"hold down" meaning in English

See hold down in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-hold down.ogg Forms: holds down [present, singular, third-person], holding down [participle, present], held down [participle, past], held down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> down}} hold down (third-person singular simple present holds down, present participle holding down, simple past and past participle held down)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To restrain; to check. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: restrain, hold back, curb Translations (to restrain): baisser (French), maintenir à terre (French), niederhalten (German), unterdrucken (German), lefog (Hungarian), féken tart (Hungarian), tenere a freno (Italian), уде́рживать (udérživatʹ) (Russian), угнета́ть (ugnetátʹ) (Russian), подавля́ть (podavljátʹ) (Russian), retener (Spanish), sujetar (Spanish), detener (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hold_down-en-verb-HnPZFSwZ Disambiguation of 'to restrain': 96 4
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: hold it down Translations (to continue to hold): halten (German), sich halten in (German), betölt (Hungarian), уде́рживать (udérživatʹ) (Russian), удержа́ться (uderžátʹsja) (Russian), seguir en (Spanish), conservar (Spanish), mantenerse en (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hold_down-en-verb-bz3mndCr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'to continue to hold': 6 94

Inflected forms

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          "word": "sujetar"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to restrain",
          "word": "detener"
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          "sense": "to continue to hold",
          "word": "halten"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue to hold",
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          "sense": "to continue to hold",
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          "roman": "udérživatʹ",
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          "sense": "to continue to hold",
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          "code": "es",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to restrain",
      "word": "baisser"
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      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "maintenir à terre"
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      "sense": "to restrain",
      "word": "niederhalten"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to restrain",
      "word": "unterdrucken"
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      "sense": "to restrain",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to restrain",
      "word": "féken tart"
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      "sense": "to restrain",
      "word": "tenere a freno"
    },
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      "roman": "udérživatʹ",
      "sense": "to restrain",
      "word": "уде́рживать"
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      "sense": "to restrain",
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      "sense": "to restrain",
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      "word": "sujetar"
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      "sense": "to restrain",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to continue to hold",
      "word": "halten"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "to continue to hold",
      "word": "conservar"
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