"hold forth" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds forth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding forth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held forth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held forth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> forth"
      },
      "expansion": "hold forth (third-person singular simple present holds forth, present participle holding forth, simple past and past participle held forth)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (forth)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To extend or offer, propose."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_forth-en-verb-9HTRzo~h",
      "links": [
        [
          "extend",
          "extend"
        ],
        [
          "offer",
          "offer"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To extend or offer, propose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (forth)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908, R. Forsythe, “Our Hippopotamus Hunt”, in The Wide World Magazine, volume XX, London: George Newnes, Ltd., page 400",
          "text": "Behind him an excitable Frenchman was holding forth in declamatory style to a group of astonished residents.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To talk at great length."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_forth-en-verb-HkH2XvNC",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To talk at great length."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "expatiate"
        },
        {
          "word": "harangue"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "talk at great length",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "verbreiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razglagólʹstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "talk at great length",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разглаго́льствовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "talk at great length",
          "word": "hablar largo y tendido"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-hold forth.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-au-hold_forth.ogg/En-au-hold_forth.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-au-hold_forth.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold forth"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (forth)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds forth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding forth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held forth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held forth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> forth"
      },
      "expansion": "hold forth (third-person singular simple present holds forth, present participle holding forth, simple past and past participle held forth)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To extend or offer, propose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extend",
          "extend"
        ],
        [
          "offer",
          "offer"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To extend or offer, propose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908, R. Forsythe, “Our Hippopotamus Hunt”, in The Wide World Magazine, volume XX, London: George Newnes, Ltd., page 400",
          "text": "Behind him an excitable Frenchman was holding forth in declamatory style to a group of astonished residents.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To talk at great length."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To talk at great length."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "expatiate"
        },
        {
          "word": "harangue"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-hold forth.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-au-hold_forth.ogg/En-au-hold_forth.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-au-hold_forth.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "talk at great length",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "verbreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razglagólʹstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "talk at great length",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разглаго́льствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "talk at great length",
      "word": "hablar largo y tendido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold forth"
}