"mishold" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪsˈhoʊld/, /ˈmɪshoʊld/
Etymology: From Middle English misholden, from Old English mishealdan (“not to keep, to neglect, be careless”), equivalent to mis- + hold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misholden}} Middle English misholden, {{inh|en|ang|mishealdan||not to keep, to neglect, be careless}} Old English mishealdan (“not to keep, to neglect, be careless”), {{prefix|en|mis|hold}} mis- + hold Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mishold (uncountable)
  1. A wrong, bad, or faulty hold. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-mishold-en-noun-pXMCiI1p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈhoʊld/, /ˈmɪshoʊld/ Forms: misholds [present, singular, third-person], misholding [participle, present], misheld [past], misheld [participle, past], misholden [archaic, participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English misholden, from Old English mishealdan (“not to keep, to neglect, be careless”), equivalent to mis- + hold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misholden}} Middle English misholden, {{inh|en|ang|mishealdan||not to keep, to neglect, be careless}} Old English mishealdan (“not to keep, to neglect, be careless”), {{prefix|en|mis|hold}} mis- + hold Head templates: {{en-verb|misholds|misholding|misheld|past_ptc2=misholden|past_ptc2_qual=archaic}} mishold (third-person singular simple present misholds, present participle misholding, simple past misheld, past participle misheld or (archaic) misholden)
  1. (transitive) To hold wrongly, badly, or amiss; lose hold (of); abuse; neglect. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mishold-en-verb-DazNK2L9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46

Inflected forms

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