hold in hand in English

Forms: holds in hand [present, singular, third-person], holding in hand [participle, present], held in hand [participle, past], held in hand [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> in hand}} hold in hand (third-person singular simple present holds in hand, present participle holding in hand, simple past and past participle held in hand)

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    {
      "form": "holds in hand",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held in hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held in hand",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To restrain."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To restrain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold in hand"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds in hand",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding in hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held in hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held in hand",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "hold<,,held> in hand"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "English verbs",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To restrain."
      ],
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          "restrain"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To restrain."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold in hand"
}

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"hold in hand" meaning in English

Verb