"outhold" meaning in English

See outhold in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: outholds [present, singular, third-person], outholding [participle, present], outheld [past], outheld [participle, past], outholden [obsolete, participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English outholden, equivalent to out- + hold. Cognate with Scots outhald (“to outhold”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outholden}} Middle English outholden, {{prefix|en|out|hold}} out- + hold, {{cog|sco|outhald||to outhold}} Scots outhald (“to outhold”) Head templates: {{en-verb|outholds|outholding|outheld|past_ptc2=outholden|past_ptc2_qual=obsolete}} outhold (third-person singular simple present outholds, present participle outholding, simple past outheld, past participle outheld or (obsolete) outholden)
  1. (UK dialectal) To hold out; extend. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-outhold-en-verb-oZdb65fD Categories (other): British English, English terms prefixed with out-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 46 38 8 8 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 37 44 10 9
  2. (UK dialectal) To hold out, endure; resist, withstand; keep out by force, exclude. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-outhold-en-verb-LS1u17ui Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with out-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 49 8 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 53 7 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 46 38 8 8 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 37 44 10 9
  3. To hold better than someone or something else.
    Sense id: en-outhold-en-verb-yvglBPT- Categories (other): English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 37 44 10 9
  4. (poker) To hold longer than another player. Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-outhold-en-verb--MGfWI5t Topics: card-games, poker

Inflected forms

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