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Chapter XXXVI.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 173:", "text": "He neuer hild but gracious thoughts of vvomen, yeat, I vvinne, / The fayreſt She he euer ſavv might quit his thoughts of ſinne.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1776, Thomas Jefferson et al., United States Declaration of Independence:", "text": "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:", "text": "In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2023, Sufjan Stevens (lyrics and music), “Javelin (To Have and To Hold)”, in Javelin:", "text": "It's a terrible thought / To have and hold", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To maintain, to consider, to opine."], "links": [["maintain", "maintain"], ["consider", "consider"], ["opine", "opine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "(transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine."], "senseid": ["en:maintain, consider, opine"], "synonyms": [{"word": "have it#Verb"}], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "I'll hold him to that promise.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions."], "raw_glosses": ["(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "(transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 83:1:", "text": "Hold not thy peace, and be not still.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II:", "text": "Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To maintain in being or action; 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to refrain; to hold back."], "tags": ["archaic"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English transitive verbs", "en:Tennis"], "glosses": ["To win one's own service game."], "links": [["tennis", "tennis"], ["win", "win"], ["service game", "service game"]], "raw_glosses": ["(tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game."], "tags": ["ambitransitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports", "tennis"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 9:", "text": "He came into the hall where the wedding-festival had held […].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To take place, to occur."], "links": [["take place", "take place"], ["occur", "occur"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:", "text": "Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice)."], "links": [["organise", "organise"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with archaic senses", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 12:", "text": "My Crovvn is abſolute, and holds of none.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table:", "text": "His imagination holds immediately from nature.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To derive right or title."], "raw_glosses": ["(archaic) To derive right or title."], "tags": ["archaic"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "A martini, please, and hold the olive.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "raw_glosses": ["(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "tags": ["imperative"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English slang", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 122:", "text": "[…] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' 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place", "word": "happen"}], "translations": [{"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hou"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mbaj"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ma"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "masaka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "مَسَكَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "misik", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Egyptian-Arabic"], "word": "مسك"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "bṙnel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "բռնել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tsãn"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "suxetar"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ay", "lang": "Aymara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "asxasiña"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmaq"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "heldu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "trymácʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трыма́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bh", "lang": "Bhojpuri", "roman": "dharal", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरल"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dǎržá", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "държа́"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "hvaštám", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "хваща́м"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kuing", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ကိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "roman": "ayeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎠᏰᎭ"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "note": "long object", "roman": "ganeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎦᏁᎭ"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "note": "solid object", "roman": "gayeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎦᏰᎭ"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "ná", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "拿"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "chí", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "bǎ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "把"}, {"code": "co", "lang": "Corsican", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držet"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "houden"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teni"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hoidma"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidama"}, {"code": "xfa", "lang": "Faliscan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo (teneo)"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tignî"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "termar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "dač̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "დაჭერა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "č̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ჭერა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halten"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "haldan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "krató", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "κρατώ"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "ékhō", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ἔχω"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "o-ka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀃𐀏"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "e-ke", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀁𐀐"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "paʻa"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hiʻi"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hekhzík", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "הֶחְזִיק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकड़ना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "dharnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halda"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "jide"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pittää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ruo", "lang": "Istro-Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ţire"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "imbracciare"}, {"alt": "もつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持つ"}, {"alt": "つかむ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsukamu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "掴む"}, {"alt": "にぎる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nigiru", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "握る"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "hiḍita", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ಹಿಡಿತ"}, {"code": "csb", "lang": "Kashubian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "trzëmac"}, {"code": "zku", "lang": "Kaurna", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mankurrinthi"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ūstau", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ұстау"}, {"code": "kix", "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "thōh"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "កាន់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "deulda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "들다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jwida", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "쥐다"}, {"code": "kum", "lang": "Kumyk", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тутмакъ"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "girtin"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "zeft kirin"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "karmoo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "кармоо"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aluu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "алуу"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jetelöö", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "жетелөө"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thư̄", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ຖື"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lmo", "lang": "Lombard", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnì"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holden"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["German-Low-German"], "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "lg", "lang": "Luganda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "-kwata"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "drži", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "држи"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "piṭikkuka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "പിടിക്കുക"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "żamm"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "shass"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rarawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhirawhi"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "pakaḍṇe", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकडणे"}, {"code": "mwl", "lang": "Mirandese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "erx medel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "эрх мэдэл"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "linu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "लिनु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "pakḍinu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पक्डिनु"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tendre"}, {"code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "dharibā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ଧରିବା"}, {"code": "cu", "lang": "Church Slavic", "roman": "drĭžati", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "дрьжати"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "beran"}, {"code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "daryn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "дарын"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tutmak", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "طوتمق"}, {"code": "pap", "lang": "Papiamentu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "negah dâštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "نگه داشتن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tjulyani"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "trzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "złapać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "chwytać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "chwycić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "faṛ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ਫ਼ੜ"}, {"code": "rap", "lang": "Rapa Nui", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aaru"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "taner"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tigneir"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tgnair"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "deržátʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ть"}, {"code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "haud"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "држати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tiniri"}, {"code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "allanawā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "අල්ලනවා"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "so", "lang": "Somali", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "qabasho"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "źaržaś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "agarrar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tomar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "sux", "english": "DAB", "lang": "Sumerian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𒁳"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "nigoh doštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "нигоҳ доштан"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "piṭi", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "பிடி"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "paṭṭu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "పట్టు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "kaer"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "tʉ̌ʉ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ถือ"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "tudar", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тудар"}, {"code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "căm"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "trymáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трима́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "deržáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "پکڑنا"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "تۇتماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmoq"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegner"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "giữ"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cầm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "nắm"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dakipön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tni"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tini"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dal"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hâlde"}, {"code": "wo", "lang": "Wolof", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teyea"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sah", "lang": "Yakut", "roman": "tut", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тут"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "haltn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "האַלטן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tepışyen"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "'ouwe"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vast'ouwe"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "përmba"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "parunakel", "sense": "to contain", "word": "պարունակել"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to contain", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎdǎržam", "sense": "to contain", "word": "съдържам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to contain", "word": "bevatten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to contain", "word": "enteni"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "sisältää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "periécho", "sense": "to contain", "word": "περιέχω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khandánō", "sense": "to contain", "word": "χανδάνω"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samāviṣṭ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "समाविष्ट"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bāndhnā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "बाँधना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "roknā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "रोकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "tartalmaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rúma"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "haitteiru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "入っている"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yōsuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "擁する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "faassen"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "referring to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kumu"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "refers to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "pepa"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "aguentar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "soderžátʹ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "содержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "innehålla"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rymma"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglulan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malulan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "peṭṭu", "sense": "to contain", "word": "పెట్టు"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "utrýmuvaty", "sense": "to contain", "word": "утри́мувати"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "chứa"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "đựng"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kipädön"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "maj"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "eduki"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "vladeja", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "владея"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostenir"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "bijhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "säilyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "rakhnā", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "रखना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coimeád"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mantenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "serbare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "持つ"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "所持する"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "habeo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possideo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sedeo"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mau"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to keep possession", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "dzierżyć"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possuir"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "uñcu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ఉంచు"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "ruajt"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "rakha", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "রাখা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zapazvam", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "запазвам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "guardar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "bestille"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservere"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "rezervi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "varata"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "fenntart"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "prenotare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yoyaku-suru", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "予約する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "išlaikyti"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "guardar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "rezerva"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservera"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "bhadhriñcu", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "భధ్రించు"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zadǎržam", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "задържам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "mantenir"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "zdržet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tilbageholde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tegenhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pidätellä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pitää varattuna"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "retenir"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo se anamoní", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "βάζω σε αναμονή"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "trattenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tomeru", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "止める"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "okuresaseru", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "遅れさせる"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "sulaikyti"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "wstrzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zatrzymać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "atrasar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "ține (pe cineva)"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zadérživatʹ", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "заде́рживать"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zaderžátʹ", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "задержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "mantener"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pahintuan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "patigilin"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "magpahinto"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tumigil"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zatrýmuvaty", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "затри́мувати"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to detain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zadǎržam", "sense": "to detain", "word": "задържам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to detain", "word": "detenir"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to detain", "word": "zadržet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "anholde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to detain", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pidättää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to detain", "word": "détenir"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kōsoku", "sense": "to detain", "word": "拘束する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "sulaikyti"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deténer"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zatrzymać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to detain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zadérživatʹ", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "заде́рживать"}, {"code": "ru", 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He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. 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[…], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 12:", "text": "My Crovvn is abſolute, and holds of none.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table:", "text": "His imagination holds immediately from nature.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To derive right or title."], "raw_glosses": ["(archaic) To derive right or title."], "tags": ["archaic"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "A martini, please, and hold the olive.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "raw_glosses": ["(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "tags": ["imperative"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English slang", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 122:", "text": "[…] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' 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"sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ay", "lang": "Aymara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "asxasiña"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmaq"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "heldu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "trymácʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трыма́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bh", "lang": "Bhojpuri", "roman": "dharal", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरल"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dǎržá", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "държа́"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "hvaštám", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "хваща́м"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kuing", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ကိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to 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"hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "dharnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halda"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "jide"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pittää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ruo", "lang": "Istro-Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ţire"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "imbracciare"}, {"alt": "もつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持つ"}, {"alt": "つかむ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsukamu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "掴む"}, {"alt": "にぎる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nigiru", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "握る"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "hiḍita", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ಹಿಡಿತ"}, {"code": "csb", "lang": "Kashubian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "trzëmac"}, {"code": "zku", "lang": "Kaurna", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mankurrinthi"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ūstau", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ұстау"}, {"code": "kix", "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "thōh"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "កាន់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "deulda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "들다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jwida", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "쥐다"}, {"code": "kum", "lang": "Kumyk", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тутмакъ"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "girtin"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "zeft kirin"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "karmoo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "кармоо"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aluu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "алуу"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jetelöö", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "жетелөө"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thư̄", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ຖື"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lmo", "lang": "Lombard", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnì"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holden"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["German-Low-German"], "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "lg", "lang": "Luganda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "-kwata"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "drži", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "држи"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "piṭikkuka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "പിടിക്കുക"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "żamm"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "shass"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rarawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhirawhi"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "pakaḍṇe", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकडणे"}, {"code": "mwl", "lang": "Mirandese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "erx medel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "эрх мэдэл"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "linu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "लिनु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "pakḍinu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पक्डिनु"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tendre"}, {"code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "dharibā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ଧରିବା"}, {"code": "cu", "lang": "Church Slavic", "roman": "drĭžati", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "дрьжати"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "beran"}, {"code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "daryn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "дарын"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tutmak", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "طوتمق"}, {"code": "pap", "lang": "Papiamentu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "negah dâštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "نگه داشتن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tjulyani"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "trzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "złapać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "chwytać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "chwycić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "faṛ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ਫ਼ੜ"}, {"code": "rap", "lang": "Rapa Nui", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aaru"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "taner"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tigneir"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tgnair"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "deržátʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ть"}, {"code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "haud"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "држати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tiniri"}, {"code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "allanawā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "අල්ලනවා"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "so", "lang": "Somali", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "qabasho"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "źaržaś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "agarrar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tomar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "sux", "english": "DAB", "lang": "Sumerian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𒁳"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "nigoh doštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "нигоҳ доштан"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "piṭi", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "பிடி"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "paṭṭu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "పట్టు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "kaer"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "tʉ̌ʉ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ถือ"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "tudar", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тудар"}, {"code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "căm"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "trymáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трима́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "deržáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "پکڑنا"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "تۇتماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmoq"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegner"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "giữ"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cầm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "nắm"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dakipön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tni"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tini"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dal"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hâlde"}, {"code": "wo", "lang": "Wolof", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teyea"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sah", "lang": "Yakut", "roman": "tut", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тут"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "haltn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "האַלטן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tepışyen"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "'ouwe"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vast'ouwe"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "përmba"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "parunakel", "sense": "to contain", "word": "պարունակել"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to contain", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎdǎržam", "sense": "to contain", "word": "съдържам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to contain", "word": "bevatten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to contain", "word": "enteni"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "sisältää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "periécho", "sense": "to contain", "word": "περιέχω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khandánō", "sense": "to contain", "word": "χανδάνω"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samāviṣṭ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "समाविष्ट"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bāndhnā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "बाँधना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "roknā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "रोकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "tartalmaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rúma"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "haitteiru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "入っている"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yōsuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "擁する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "faassen"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "referring to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kumu"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "refers to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "pepa"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "aguentar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "soderžátʹ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "содержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "innehålla"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rymma"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglulan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malulan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "peṭṭu", "sense": "to contain", "word": "పెట్టు"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "utrýmuvaty", "sense": "to contain", "word": "утри́мувати"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "chứa"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "đựng"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kipädön"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "maj"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "eduki"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "vladeja", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "владея"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostenir"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "bijhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "säilyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "rakhnā", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "रखना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coimeád"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mantenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "serbare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "持つ"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "所持する"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "habeo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possideo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sedeo"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mau"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to keep possession", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "dzierżyć"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possuir"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": 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"sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ay", "lang": "Aymara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "asxasiña"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmaq"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "heldu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "trymácʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трыма́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bh", "lang": "Bhojpuri", "roman": "dharal", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरल"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dǎržá", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "държа́"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "hvaštám", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "хваща́м"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kuing", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ကိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to 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"word": "houden"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teni"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hoidma"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidama"}, {"code": "xfa", "lang": "Faliscan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo (teneo)"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tignî"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "termar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "dač̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "დაჭერა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "č̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ჭერა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halten"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "haldan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "krató", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "κρατώ"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "ékhō", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ἔχω"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "o-ka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀃𐀏"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "e-ke", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀁𐀐"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "paʻa"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hiʻi"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hekhzík", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "הֶחְזִיק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकड़ना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "dharnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halda"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "jide"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pittää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ruo", "lang": "Istro-Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ţire"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "imbracciare"}, {"alt": "もつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持つ"}, {"alt": "つかむ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsukamu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "掴む"}, {"alt": "にぎる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nigiru", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "握る"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "hiḍita", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ಹಿಡಿತ"}, {"code": "csb", "lang": "Kashubian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "trzëmac"}, {"code": "zku", "lang": "Kaurna", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mankurrinthi"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ūstau", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ұстау"}, {"code": "kix", "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "thōh"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "កាន់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "deulda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "들다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jwida", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "쥐다"}, {"code": "kum", "lang": "Kumyk", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тутмакъ"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "girtin"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "zeft kirin"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "karmoo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "кармоо"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aluu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "алуу"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jetelöö", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "жетелөө"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thư̄", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ຖື"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lmo", "lang": "Lombard", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnì"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holden"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["German-Low-German"], "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "lg", "lang": "Luganda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "-kwata"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "drži", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "држи"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "piṭikkuka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "പിടിക്കുക"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "żamm"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "shass"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rarawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhirawhi"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "pakaḍṇe", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकडणे"}, {"code": "mwl", "lang": "Mirandese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "erx medel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "эрх мэдэл"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "linu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "लिनु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "pakḍinu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पक्डिनु"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tendre"}, {"code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "dharibā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ଧରିବା"}, {"code": "cu", "lang": "Church Slavic", "roman": "drĭžati", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "дрьжати"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "beran"}, {"code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "daryn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "дарын"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tutmak", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "طوتمق"}, {"code": "pap", "lang": "Papiamentu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "negah dâštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "نگه داشتن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tjulyani"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "trzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "złapać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "chwytać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "chwycić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "faṛ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ਫ਼ੜ"}, {"code": "rap", "lang": "Rapa Nui", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aaru"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "taner"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tigneir"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tgnair"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "deržátʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ть"}, {"code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "haud"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "држати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tiniri"}, {"code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "allanawā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "අල්ලනවා"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "so", "lang": "Somali", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "qabasho"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "źaržaś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "agarrar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tomar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "sux", "english": "DAB", "lang": "Sumerian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𒁳"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "nigoh doštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "нигоҳ доштан"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "piṭi", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "பிடி"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "paṭṭu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "పట్టు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "kaer"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "tʉ̌ʉ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ถือ"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "tudar", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тудар"}, {"code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "căm"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "trymáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трима́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "deržáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "پکڑنا"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "تۇتماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmoq"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegner"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "giữ"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cầm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "nắm"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dakipön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tni"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tini"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dal"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hâlde"}, {"code": "wo", "lang": "Wolof", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teyea"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sah", "lang": "Yakut", "roman": "tut", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тут"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "haltn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "האַלטן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tepışyen"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "'ouwe"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vast'ouwe"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "përmba"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "parunakel", "sense": "to contain", "word": "պարունակել"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to contain", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎdǎržam", "sense": "to contain", "word": "съдържам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to contain", "word": "bevatten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to contain", "word": "enteni"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "sisältää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "periécho", "sense": "to contain", "word": "περιέχω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khandánō", "sense": "to contain", "word": "χανδάνω"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samāviṣṭ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "समाविष्ट"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bāndhnā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "बाँधना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "roknā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "रोकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "tartalmaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rúma"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to contain", "word": 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Chapter XXXVI.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 173:", "text": "He neuer hild but gracious thoughts of vvomen, yeat, I vvinne, / The fayreſt She he euer ſavv might quit his thoughts of ſinne.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1776, Thomas Jefferson et al., United States Declaration of Independence:", "text": "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:", "text": "In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2023, Sufjan Stevens (lyrics and music), “Javelin (To Have and To Hold)”, in Javelin:", "text": "It's a terrible thought / To have and hold", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To maintain, to consider, to opine."], "links": [["maintain", "maintain"], ["consider", "consider"], ["opine", "opine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "(transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine."], "senseid": ["en:maintain, consider, opine"], "synonyms": [{"word": "have it#Verb"}], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "I'll hold him to that promise.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions."], "raw_glosses": ["(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "(transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 83:1:", "text": "Hold not thy peace, and be not still.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II:", "text": "Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To maintain in being or action; 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to refrain; to hold back."], "tags": ["archaic"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English transitive verbs", "en:Tennis"], "glosses": ["To win one's own service game."], "links": [["tennis", "tennis"], ["win", "win"], ["service game", "service game"]], "raw_glosses": ["(tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game."], "tags": ["ambitransitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports", "tennis"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 9:", "text": "He came into the hall where the wedding-festival had held […].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To take place, to occur."], "links": [["take place", "take place"], ["occur", "occur"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:", "text": "Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice)."], "links": [["organise", "organise"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with archaic senses", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 12:", "text": "My Crovvn is abſolute, and holds of none.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table:", "text": "His imagination holds immediately from nature.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To derive right or title."], "raw_glosses": ["(archaic) To derive right or title."], "tags": ["archaic"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "A martini, please, and hold the olive.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "raw_glosses": ["(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "tags": ["imperative"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English slang", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 122:", "text": "[…] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' 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place", "word": "happen"}], "translations": [{"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hou"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mbaj"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ma"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "masaka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "مَسَكَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "misik", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Egyptian-Arabic"], "word": "مسك"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "bṙnel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "բռնել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tsãn"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "suxetar"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ay", "lang": "Aymara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "asxasiña"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmaq"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "heldu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "trymácʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трыма́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bh", "lang": "Bhojpuri", "roman": "dharal", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरल"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dǎržá", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "държа́"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "hvaštám", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "хваща́м"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kuing", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ကိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "roman": "ayeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎠᏰᎭ"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "note": "long object", "roman": "ganeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎦᏁᎭ"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "note": "solid object", "roman": "gayeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎦᏰᎭ"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "ná", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "拿"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "chí", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "bǎ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "把"}, {"code": "co", "lang": "Corsican", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držet"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "houden"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teni"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hoidma"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidama"}, {"code": "xfa", "lang": "Faliscan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo (teneo)"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tignî"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "termar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "dač̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "დაჭერა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "č̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ჭერა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halten"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "haldan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "krató", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "κρατώ"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "ékhō", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ἔχω"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "o-ka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀃𐀏"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "e-ke", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀁𐀐"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "paʻa"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hiʻi"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hekhzík", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "הֶחְזִיק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकड़ना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "dharnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halda"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "jide"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pittää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ruo", "lang": "Istro-Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ţire"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "imbracciare"}, {"alt": "もつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持つ"}, {"alt": "つかむ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsukamu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "掴む"}, {"alt": "にぎる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nigiru", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "握る"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "hiḍita", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ಹಿಡಿತ"}, {"code": "csb", "lang": "Kashubian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "trzëmac"}, {"code": "zku", "lang": "Kaurna", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mankurrinthi"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ūstau", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ұстау"}, {"code": "kix", "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "thōh"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "កាន់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "deulda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "들다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jwida", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "쥐다"}, {"code": "kum", "lang": "Kumyk", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тутмакъ"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "girtin"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "zeft kirin"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "karmoo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "кармоо"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aluu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "алуу"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jetelöö", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "жетелөө"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thư̄", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ຖື"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lmo", "lang": "Lombard", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnì"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holden"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["German-Low-German"], "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "lg", "lang": "Luganda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "-kwata"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "drži", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "држи"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "piṭikkuka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "പിടിക്കുക"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "żamm"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "shass"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rarawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhirawhi"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "pakaḍṇe", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकडणे"}, {"code": "mwl", "lang": "Mirandese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "erx medel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "эрх мэдэл"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "linu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "लिनु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "pakḍinu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पक्डिनु"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tendre"}, {"code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "dharibā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ଧରିବା"}, {"code": "cu", "lang": "Church Slavic", "roman": "drĭžati", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "дрьжати"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "beran"}, {"code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "daryn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "дарын"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tutmak", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "طوتمق"}, {"code": "pap", "lang": "Papiamentu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "negah dâštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "نگه داشتن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tjulyani"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "trzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "złapać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "chwytać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "chwycić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "faṛ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ਫ਼ੜ"}, {"code": "rap", "lang": "Rapa Nui", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aaru"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "taner"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tigneir"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tgnair"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "deržátʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ть"}, {"code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "haud"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "држати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tiniri"}, {"code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "allanawā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "අල්ලනවා"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "so", "lang": "Somali", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "qabasho"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "źaržaś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "agarrar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tomar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "sux", "english": "DAB", "lang": "Sumerian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𒁳"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "nigoh doštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "нигоҳ доштан"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "piṭi", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "பிடி"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "paṭṭu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "పట్టు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "kaer"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "tʉ̌ʉ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ถือ"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "tudar", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тудар"}, {"code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "căm"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "trymáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трима́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "deržáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "پکڑنا"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "تۇتماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmoq"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegner"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "giữ"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cầm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "nắm"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dakipön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tni"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tini"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dal"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hâlde"}, {"code": "wo", "lang": "Wolof", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teyea"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sah", "lang": "Yakut", "roman": "tut", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тут"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "haltn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "האַלטן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tepışyen"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "'ouwe"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vast'ouwe"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "përmba"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "parunakel", "sense": "to contain", "word": "պարունակել"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to contain", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎdǎržam", "sense": "to contain", "word": "съдържам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to contain", "word": "bevatten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to contain", "word": "enteni"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "sisältää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "periécho", "sense": "to contain", "word": "περιέχω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khandánō", "sense": "to contain", "word": "χανδάνω"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samāviṣṭ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "समाविष्ट"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bāndhnā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "बाँधना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "roknā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "रोकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "tartalmaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rúma"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "haitteiru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "入っている"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yōsuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "擁する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "faassen"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "referring to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kumu"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "refers to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "pepa"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "aguentar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "soderžátʹ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "содержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "innehålla"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rymma"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglulan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malulan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "peṭṭu", "sense": "to contain", "word": "పెట్టు"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "utrýmuvaty", "sense": "to contain", "word": "утри́мувати"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "chứa"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "đựng"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kipädön"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "maj"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "eduki"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "vladeja", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "владея"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostenir"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "bijhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "säilyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "rakhnā", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "रखना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coimeád"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mantenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "serbare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "持つ"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "所持する"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "habeo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possideo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sedeo"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mau"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to keep possession", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "dzierżyć"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possuir"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "uñcu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ఉంచు"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "ruajt"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "rakha", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "রাখা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zapazvam", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "запазвам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "guardar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "bestille"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservere"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "rezervi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "varata"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "fenntart"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "prenotare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yoyaku-suru", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "予約する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "išlaikyti"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "guardar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "rezerva"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservera"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "bhadhriñcu", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "భధ్రించు"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zadǎržam", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "задържам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "mantenir"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "zdržet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tilbageholde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tegenhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pidätellä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pitää varattuna"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "retenir"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo se anamoní", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "βάζω σε αναμονή"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "trattenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tomeru", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "止める"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "okuresaseru", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "遅れさせる"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "sulaikyti"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "wstrzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zatrzymać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "atrasar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "ține (pe cineva)"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zadérživatʹ", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "заде́рживать"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zaderžátʹ", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "задержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "mantener"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pahintuan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "patigilin"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "magpahinto"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tumigil"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zatrýmuvaty", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "затри́мувати"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to detain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zadǎržam", "sense": "to detain", "word": "задържам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to detain", "word": "detenir"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to detain", "word": "zadržet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "anholde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to detain", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pidättää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to detain", "word": "détenir"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kōsoku", "sense": "to detain", "word": "拘束する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "sulaikyti"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deténer"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zatrzymać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to detain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zadérživatʹ", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "заде́рживать"}, {"code": "ru", 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He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. 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[…], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 12:", "text": "My Crovvn is abſolute, and holds of none.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table:", "text": "His imagination holds immediately from nature.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To derive right or title."], "raw_glosses": ["(archaic) To derive right or title."], "tags": ["archaic"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "A martini, please, and hold the olive.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "raw_glosses": ["(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "tags": ["imperative"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English slang", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 122:", "text": "[…] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' 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"sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ay", "lang": "Aymara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "asxasiña"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmaq"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "heldu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "trymácʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трыма́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bh", "lang": "Bhojpuri", "roman": "dharal", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरल"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dǎržá", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "държа́"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "hvaštám", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "хваща́м"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kuing", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ကိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to 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"hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "dharnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halda"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "jide"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pittää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ruo", "lang": "Istro-Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ţire"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "imbracciare"}, {"alt": "もつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持つ"}, {"alt": "つかむ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsukamu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "掴む"}, {"alt": "にぎる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nigiru", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "握る"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "hiḍita", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ಹಿಡಿತ"}, {"code": "csb", "lang": "Kashubian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "trzëmac"}, {"code": "zku", "lang": "Kaurna", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mankurrinthi"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ūstau", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ұстау"}, {"code": "kix", "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "thōh"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "កាន់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "deulda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "들다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jwida", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "쥐다"}, {"code": "kum", "lang": "Kumyk", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тутмакъ"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "girtin"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "zeft kirin"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "karmoo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "кармоо"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aluu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "алуу"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jetelöö", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "жетелөө"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thư̄", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ຖື"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lmo", "lang": "Lombard", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnì"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holden"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["German-Low-German"], "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "lg", "lang": "Luganda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "-kwata"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "drži", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "држи"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "piṭikkuka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "പിടിക്കുക"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "żamm"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "shass"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rarawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhirawhi"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "pakaḍṇe", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकडणे"}, {"code": "mwl", "lang": "Mirandese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "erx medel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "эрх мэдэл"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "linu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "लिनु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "pakḍinu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पक्डिनु"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tendre"}, {"code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "dharibā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ଧରିବା"}, {"code": "cu", "lang": "Church Slavic", "roman": "drĭžati", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "дрьжати"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "beran"}, {"code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "daryn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "дарын"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tutmak", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "طوتمق"}, {"code": "pap", "lang": "Papiamentu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "negah dâštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "نگه داشتن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tjulyani"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "trzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "złapać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "chwytać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "chwycić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "faṛ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ਫ਼ੜ"}, {"code": "rap", "lang": "Rapa Nui", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aaru"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "taner"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tigneir"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tgnair"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "deržátʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ть"}, {"code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "haud"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "држати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tiniri"}, {"code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "allanawā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "අල්ලනවා"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "so", "lang": "Somali", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "qabasho"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "źaržaś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "agarrar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tomar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "sux", "english": "DAB", "lang": "Sumerian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𒁳"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "nigoh doštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "нигоҳ доштан"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "piṭi", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "பிடி"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "paṭṭu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "పట్టు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "kaer"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "tʉ̌ʉ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ถือ"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "tudar", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тудар"}, {"code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "căm"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "trymáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трима́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "deržáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "پکڑنا"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "تۇتماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmoq"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegner"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "giữ"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cầm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "nắm"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dakipön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tni"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tini"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dal"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hâlde"}, {"code": "wo", "lang": "Wolof", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teyea"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sah", "lang": "Yakut", "roman": "tut", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тут"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "haltn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "האַלטן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tepışyen"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "'ouwe"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vast'ouwe"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "përmba"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "parunakel", "sense": "to contain", "word": "պարունակել"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to contain", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎdǎržam", "sense": "to contain", "word": "съдържам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to contain", "word": "bevatten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to contain", "word": "enteni"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "sisältää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "periécho", "sense": "to contain", "word": "περιέχω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khandánō", "sense": "to contain", "word": "χανδάνω"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samāviṣṭ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "समाविष्ट"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bāndhnā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "बाँधना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "roknā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "रोकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "tartalmaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rúma"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "haitteiru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "入っている"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yōsuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "擁する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "faassen"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "referring to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kumu"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "refers to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "pepa"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "aguentar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "soderžátʹ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "содержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "innehålla"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rymma"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglulan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malulan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "peṭṭu", "sense": "to contain", "word": "పెట్టు"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "utrýmuvaty", "sense": "to contain", "word": "утри́мувати"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "chứa"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "đựng"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kipädön"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "maj"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "eduki"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "vladeja", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "владея"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostenir"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "bijhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "säilyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "rakhnā", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "रखना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coimeád"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mantenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "serbare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "持つ"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "所持する"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "habeo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possideo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sedeo"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mau"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to keep possession", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "dzierżyć"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possuir"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": 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"sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ay", "lang": "Aymara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "asxasiña"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmaq"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "heldu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "trymácʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трыма́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bh", "lang": "Bhojpuri", "roman": "dharal", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरल"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dǎržá", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "държа́"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "hvaštám", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "хваща́м"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kuing", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ကိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to 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"word": "houden"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teni"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hoidma"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidama"}, {"code": "xfa", "lang": "Faliscan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo (teneo)"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tignî"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "termar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "dač̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "დაჭერა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "č̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ჭერა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halten"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "haldan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "krató", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "κρατώ"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "ékhō", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ἔχω"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "o-ka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀃𐀏"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "e-ke", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀁𐀐"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "paʻa"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hiʻi"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hekhzík", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "הֶחְזִיק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकड़ना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "dharnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halda"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "jide"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pittää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ruo", "lang": "Istro-Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ţire"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "imbracciare"}, {"alt": "もつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持つ"}, {"alt": "つかむ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsukamu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "掴む"}, {"alt": "にぎる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nigiru", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "握る"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "hiḍita", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ಹಿಡಿತ"}, {"code": "csb", "lang": "Kashubian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "trzëmac"}, {"code": "zku", "lang": "Kaurna", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mankurrinthi"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ūstau", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ұстау"}, {"code": "kix", "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "thōh"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "កាន់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "deulda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "들다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jwida", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "쥐다"}, {"code": "kum", "lang": "Kumyk", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тутмакъ"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "girtin"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "zeft kirin"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "karmoo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "кармоо"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aluu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "алуу"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jetelöö", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "жетелөө"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thư̄", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ຖື"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lmo", "lang": "Lombard", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnì"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holden"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["German-Low-German"], "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "lg", "lang": "Luganda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "-kwata"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "drži", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "држи"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "piṭikkuka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "പിടിക്കുക"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "żamm"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "shass"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rarawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhirawhi"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "pakaḍṇe", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकडणे"}, {"code": "mwl", "lang": "Mirandese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "erx medel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "эрх мэдэл"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "linu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "लिनु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "pakḍinu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पक्डिनु"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tendre"}, {"code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "dharibā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ଧରିବା"}, {"code": "cu", "lang": "Church Slavic", "roman": "drĭžati", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "дрьжати"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "beran"}, {"code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "daryn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "дарын"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tutmak", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "طوتمق"}, {"code": "pap", "lang": "Papiamentu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "negah dâštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "نگه داشتن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tjulyani"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "trzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "złapać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "chwytać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "chwycić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "faṛ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ਫ਼ੜ"}, {"code": "rap", "lang": "Rapa Nui", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aaru"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "taner"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tigneir"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tgnair"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "deržátʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ть"}, {"code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "haud"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "држати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tiniri"}, {"code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "allanawā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "අල්ලනවා"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "so", "lang": "Somali", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "qabasho"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "źaržaś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "agarrar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tomar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "sux", "english": "DAB", "lang": "Sumerian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𒁳"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "nigoh doštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "нигоҳ доштан"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "piṭi", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "பிடி"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "paṭṭu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "పట్టు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "kaer"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "tʉ̌ʉ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ถือ"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "tudar", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тудар"}, {"code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "căm"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "trymáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трима́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "deržáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "پکڑنا"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "تۇتماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmoq"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegner"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "giữ"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cầm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "nắm"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dakipön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tni"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tini"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dal"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hâlde"}, {"code": "wo", "lang": "Wolof", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teyea"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sah", "lang": "Yakut", "roman": "tut", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тут"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "haltn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "האַלטן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tepışyen"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "'ouwe"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vast'ouwe"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "përmba"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "parunakel", "sense": "to contain", "word": "պարունակել"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to contain", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎdǎržam", "sense": "to contain", "word": "съдържам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to contain", "word": "bevatten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to contain", "word": "enteni"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "sisältää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "periécho", "sense": "to contain", "word": "περιέχω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khandánō", "sense": "to contain", "word": "χανδάνω"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samāviṣṭ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "समाविष्ट"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bāndhnā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "बाँधना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "roknā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "रोकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "tartalmaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rúma"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to contain", "word": 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Chapter XXXVI.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 173:", "text": "He neuer hild but gracious thoughts of vvomen, yeat, I vvinne, / The fayreſt She he euer ſavv might quit his thoughts of ſinne.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1776, Thomas Jefferson et al., United States Declaration of Independence:", "text": "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:", "text": "In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2023, Sufjan Stevens (lyrics and music), “Javelin (To Have and To Hold)”, in Javelin:", "text": "It's a terrible thought / To have and hold", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To maintain, to consider, to opine."], "links": [["maintain", "maintain"], ["consider", "consider"], ["opine", "opine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "(transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine."], "senseid": ["en:maintain, consider, opine"], "synonyms": [{"word": "have it#Verb"}], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "I'll hold him to that promise.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions."], "raw_glosses": ["(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "(transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 83:1:", "text": "Hold not thy peace, and be not still.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II:", "text": "Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.", "To maintain in being or action; 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to refrain; to hold back."], "tags": ["archaic"], "topics": ["heading"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English transitive verbs", "en:Tennis"], "glosses": ["To win one's own service game."], "links": [["tennis", "tennis"], ["win", "win"], ["service game", "service game"]], "raw_glosses": ["(tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game."], "tags": ["ambitransitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports", "tennis"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 9:", "text": "He came into the hall where the wedding-festival had held […].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To take place, to occur."], "links": [["take place", "take place"], ["occur", "occur"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:", "text": "Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice)."], "links": [["organise", "organise"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with archaic senses", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 12:", "text": "My Crovvn is abſolute, and holds of none.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table:", "text": "His imagination holds immediately from nature.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To derive right or title."], "raw_glosses": ["(archaic) To derive right or title."], "tags": ["archaic"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "A martini, please, and hold the olive.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "raw_glosses": ["(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "tags": ["imperative"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English slang", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 122:", "text": "[…] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' 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place", "word": "happen"}], "translations": [{"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hou"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mbaj"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ma"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "masaka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "مَسَكَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "misik", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Egyptian-Arabic"], "word": "مسك"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "bṙnel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "բռնել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tsãn"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "suxetar"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ay", "lang": "Aymara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "asxasiña"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmaq"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "heldu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "trymácʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трыма́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bh", "lang": "Bhojpuri", "roman": "dharal", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरल"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dǎržá", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "държа́"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "hvaštám", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "хваща́м"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kuing", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ကိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "roman": "ayeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎠᏰᎭ"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "note": "long object", "roman": "ganeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎦᏁᎭ"}, {"code": "chr", "lang": "Cherokee", "note": "solid object", "roman": "gayeha", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ᎦᏰᎭ"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "ná", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "拿"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "chí", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "bǎ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "把"}, {"code": "co", "lang": "Corsican", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držet"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "houden"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teni"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hoidma"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidama"}, {"code": "xfa", "lang": "Faliscan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo (teneo)"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tignî"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "termar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "dač̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "დაჭერა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "č̣era", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ჭერა"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halten"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "haldan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "krató", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "κρατώ"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "ékhō", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ἔχω"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "o-ka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀃𐀏"}, {"code": "gmy", "lang": "Mycenaean Greek", "roman": "e-ke", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𐀁𐀐"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "paʻa"}, {"code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hiʻi"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hekhzík", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "הֶחְזִיק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकड़ना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "dharnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halda"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "jide"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pittää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ruo", "lang": "Istro-Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ţire"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "imbracciare"}, {"alt": "もつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持つ"}, {"alt": "つかむ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsukamu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "掴む"}, {"alt": "にぎる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nigiru", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "握る"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "hiḍita", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ಹಿಡಿತ"}, {"code": "csb", "lang": "Kashubian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "trzëmac"}, {"code": "zku", "lang": "Kaurna", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mankurrinthi"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ūstau", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ұстау"}, {"code": "kix", "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "thōh"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "កាន់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "deulda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "들다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jwida", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "쥐다"}, {"code": "kum", "lang": "Kumyk", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тутмакъ"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "girtin"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "zeft kirin"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "karmoo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "кармоо"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aluu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "алуу"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jetelöö", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "жетелөө"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thư̄", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ຖື"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lmo", "lang": "Lombard", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnì"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holden"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["German-Low-German"], "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "lg", "lang": "Luganda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "-kwata"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "drži", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "држи"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "piṭikkuka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "പിടിക്കുക"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "żamm"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "shass"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rarawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhirawhi"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "pakaḍṇe", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकडणे"}, {"code": "mwl", "lang": "Mirandese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "erx medel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "эрх мэдэл"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "linu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "लिनु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "pakḍinu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पक्डिनु"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tendre"}, {"code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "dharibā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ଧରିବା"}, {"code": "cu", "lang": "Church Slavic", "roman": "drĭžati", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "дрьжати"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "beran"}, {"code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "daryn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "дарын"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tutmak", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "طوتمق"}, {"code": "pap", "lang": "Papiamentu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "negah dâštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "نگه داشتن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tjulyani"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "trzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "złapać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "chwytać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "chwycić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "faṛ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ਫ਼ੜ"}, {"code": "rap", "lang": "Rapa Nui", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aaru"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "taner"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tigneir"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tgnair"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "deržátʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ть"}, {"code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "haud"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "држати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tiniri"}, {"code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "allanawā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "අල්ලනවා"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "so", "lang": "Somali", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "qabasho"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "źaržaś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "agarrar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tomar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "sux", "english": "DAB", "lang": "Sumerian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𒁳"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "nigoh doštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "нигоҳ доштан"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "piṭi", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "பிடி"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "paṭṭu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "పట్టు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "kaer"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "tʉ̌ʉ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ถือ"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "tudar", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тудар"}, {"code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "căm"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "trymáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трима́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "deržáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "پکڑنا"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "تۇتماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmoq"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegner"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "giữ"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cầm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "nắm"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dakipön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tni"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tini"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dal"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hâlde"}, {"code": "wo", "lang": "Wolof", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teyea"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sah", "lang": "Yakut", "roman": "tut", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тут"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "haltn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "האַלטן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tepışyen"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "'ouwe"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vast'ouwe"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "përmba"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "parunakel", "sense": "to contain", "word": "պարունակել"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to contain", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎdǎržam", "sense": "to contain", "word": "съдържам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to contain", "word": "bevatten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to contain", "word": "enteni"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "sisältää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "periécho", "sense": "to contain", "word": "περιέχω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khandánō", "sense": "to contain", "word": "χανδάνω"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samāviṣṭ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "समाविष्ट"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bāndhnā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "बाँधना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "roknā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "रोकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "tartalmaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rúma"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "haitteiru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "入っている"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yōsuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "擁する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "faassen"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "referring to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kumu"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "refers to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "pepa"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "aguentar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "soderžátʹ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "содержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "innehålla"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rymma"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglulan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malulan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "peṭṭu", "sense": "to contain", "word": "పెట్టు"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "utrýmuvaty", "sense": "to contain", "word": "утри́мувати"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "chứa"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "đựng"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kipädön"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "maj"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "eduki"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "vladeja", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "владея"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostenir"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "bijhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "säilyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "rakhnā", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "रखना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coimeád"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mantenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "serbare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "持つ"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "所持する"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "habeo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possideo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sedeo"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mau"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to keep possession", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "dzierżyć"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possuir"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "uñcu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ఉంచు"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "ruajt"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "rakha", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "রাখা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zapazvam", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "запазвам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "guardar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "bestille"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservere"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "rezervi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "varata"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "fenntart"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "prenotare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yoyaku-suru", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "予約する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "išlaikyti"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "guardar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "rezerva"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservera"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "bhadhriñcu", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "భధ్రించు"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zadǎržam", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "задържам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "mantenir"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "zdržet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tilbageholde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tegenhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pidätellä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pitää varattuna"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "retenir"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo se anamoní", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "βάζω σε αναμονή"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "trattenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tomeru", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "止める"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "okuresaseru", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "遅れさせる"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "sulaikyti"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "wstrzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zatrzymać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "atrasar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "ține (pe cineva)"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zadérživatʹ", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "заде́рживать"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zaderžátʹ", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "задержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "mantener"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pahintuan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "patigilin"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "magpahinto"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tumigil"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zatrýmuvaty", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "затри́мувати"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to detain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zadǎržam", "sense": "to detain", "word": "задържам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to detain", "word": "detenir"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to detain", "word": "zadržet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "anholde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to detain", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pidättää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to detain", "word": "détenir"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kōsoku", "sense": "to detain", "word": "拘束する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "sulaikyti"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deténer"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zatrzymać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to detain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zadérživatʹ", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "заде́рживать"}, {"code": "ru", 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He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. 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[…], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 12:", "text": "My Crovvn is abſolute, and holds of none.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table:", "text": "His imagination holds immediately from nature.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To derive right or title."], "raw_glosses": ["(archaic) To derive right or title."], "tags": ["archaic"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "A martini, please, and hold the olive.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "raw_glosses": ["(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."], "tags": ["imperative"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English slang", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 122:", "text": "[…] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' 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"sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ay", "lang": "Aymara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "asxasiña"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmaq"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "heldu"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "trymácʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трыма́ць"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bh", "lang": "Bhojpuri", "roman": "dharal", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरल"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dǎržá", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "държа́"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "hvaštám", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "хваща́м"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kuing", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ကိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to 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"hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "dharnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "धरना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halda"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenar"}, {"code": "ig", "lang": "Igbo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "jide"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pittää"}, {"code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ruo", "lang": "Istro-Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ţire"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "imbracciare"}, {"alt": "もつ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "持つ"}, {"alt": "つかむ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsukamu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "掴む"}, {"alt": "にぎる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "nigiru", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "握る"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "hiḍita", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ಹಿಡಿತ"}, {"code": "csb", "lang": "Kashubian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "trzëmac"}, {"code": "zku", "lang": "Kaurna", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "mankurrinthi"}, {"code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "ūstau", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ұстау"}, {"code": "kix", "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "thōh"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "កាន់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "deulda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "들다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jwida", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "쥐다"}, {"code": "kum", "lang": "Kumyk", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тутмакъ"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "girtin"}, {"code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "zeft kirin"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "karmoo", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "кармоо"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "aluu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "алуу"}, {"code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jetelöö", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "жетелөө"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "thư̄", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ຖື"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lmo", "lang": "Lombard", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnì"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holden"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["German-Low-German"], "word": "hollen"}, {"code": "lg", "lang": "Luganda", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "-kwata"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "halen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "drži", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "држи"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "memegang"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "piṭikkuka", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "പിടിക്കുക"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "żamm"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "shass"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rarawhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "rawhirawhi"}, {"code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "pakaḍṇe", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पकडणे"}, {"code": "mwl", "lang": "Mirandese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "erx medel", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "эрх мэдэл"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "linu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "लिनु"}, {"code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "pakḍinu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "पक्डिनु"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tendre"}, {"code": "or", "lang": "Odia", "roman": "dharibā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ଧରିବା"}, {"code": "cu", "lang": "Church Slavic", "roman": "drĭžati", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "дрьжати"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "beran"}, {"code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "daryn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "дарын"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "tutmak", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "طوتمق"}, {"code": "pap", "lang": "Papiamentu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tene"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "negah dâštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "نگه داشتن"}, {"code": "pjt", "lang": "Pitjantjatjara", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tjulyani"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "trzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "złapać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "chwytać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "chwycić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "pegar"}, {"code": "pa", "lang": "Punjabi", "roman": "faṛ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ਫ਼ੜ"}, {"code": "rap", "lang": "Rapa Nui", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aaru"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegnair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "taner"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tigneir"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tgnair"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "deržátʹ", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ть"}, {"code": "sco", "lang": "Scots", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "haud"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cum"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Cyrillic", "imperfective"], "word": "држати"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["Roman", "imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tiniri"}, {"code": "si", "lang": "Sinhalese", "roman": "allanawā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "අල්ලනවා"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "držati"}, {"code": "so", "lang": "Somali", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "qabasho"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "źaržaś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "aguantar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "agarrar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tomar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tener"}, {"code": "sux", "english": "DAB", "lang": "Sumerian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "𒁳"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "nigoh doštan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "нигоҳ доштан"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "piṭi", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "பிடி"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "paṭṭu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "పట్టు"}, {"code": "tet", "lang": "Tetum", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "kaer"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "tʉ̌ʉ", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "ถือ"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmak"}, {"code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "tudar", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тудар"}, {"code": "tyz", "lang": "Tày", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "căm"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "trymáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "трима́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "deržáty", "sense": "to grasp", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "держа́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "pakaṛnā", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "پکڑنا"}, {"code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "tutmaq", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "تۇتماق"}, {"code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tutmoq"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tegner"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "giữ"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "cầm"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "nắm"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dakipön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tni"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tini"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "dal"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "hâlde"}, {"code": "wo", "lang": "Wolof", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "teyea"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "xh", "lang": "Xhosa", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sah", "lang": "Yakut", "roman": "tut", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "тут"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "haltn", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "האַלטן"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "tepışyen"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "'ouwe"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "vast'ouwe"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "bamba"}, {"code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "to grasp", "word": "phatha"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "përmba"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "parunakel", "sense": "to contain", "word": "պարունակել"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to contain", "word": "derc'hel"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎdǎržam", "sense": "to contain", "word": "съдържам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to contain", "word": "bevatten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to contain", "word": "enteni"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "sisältää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "periécho", "sense": "to contain", "word": "περιέχω"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "khandánō", "sense": "to contain", "word": "χανδάνω"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samāviṣṭ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "समाविष्ट"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bāndhnā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "बाँधना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "roknā", "sense": "to contain", "word": "रोकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "tartalmaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rúma"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "haitteiru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "入っている"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yōsuru", "sense": "to contain", "word": "擁する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "faassen"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "referring to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kumu"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "refers to breath", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to contain", "word": "pepa"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "aguentar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to contain", "word": "conține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "soderžátʹ", "sense": "to contain", "word": "содержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "contener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "innehålla"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to contain", "word": "rymma"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malaman"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "maglulan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to contain", "word": "malulan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "peṭṭu", "sense": "to contain", "word": "పెట్టు"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "utrýmuvaty", "sense": "to contain", "word": "утри́мувати"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "chứa"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to contain", "word": "đựng"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to contain", "word": "kipädön"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "maj"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "pahel", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "պահել"}, {"code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "eduki"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "vladeja", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "владея"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostenir"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "bijhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "säilyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "rakhnā", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "रखना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coinnigh"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "coimeád"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mantenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "serbare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "motsu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "持つ"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "保持する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shojisuru", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "所持する"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "habeo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "teneo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possideo"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sedeo"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "turėti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "mau"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "pupuri"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to keep possession", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "dzierżyć"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "possuir"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "sujetar"}, {"code": "su", "lang": "Sundanese", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "cepeng"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "humawak"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "hawakan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tumangan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "tangnan"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "uñcu", "sense": "to keep possession", "word": "ఉంచు"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "ruajt"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "rakha", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "রাখা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zapazvam", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "запазвам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "guardar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "bestille"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservere"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "rezervi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "varata"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "garder"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "fenntart"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "prenotare"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yoyaku-suru", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "予約する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "išlaikyti"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "guardar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "ține"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "rezerva"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "reservera"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "bhadhriñcu", "sense": "to reserve", "word": "భధ్రించు"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zadǎržam", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "задържам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "mantenir"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "zdržet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tilbageholde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tegenhouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pidellä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pidätellä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pitää varattuna"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "retenir"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo se anamoní", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "βάζω σε αναμονή"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "trattenere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tomeru", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "止める"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "okuresaseru", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "遅れさせる"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "sulaikyti"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "wstrzymać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zatrzymać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "segurar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "atrasar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "ține (pe cineva)"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zadérživatʹ", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "заде́рживать"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zaderžátʹ", "sense": "to cause to wait", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "задержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "mantener"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "pahintuan"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "patigilin"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "magpahinto"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "tumigil"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zatrýmuvaty", "sense": "to cause to wait", "word": "затри́мувати"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "dhora", "sense": "to detain", "word": "ধরা"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "zadǎržam", "sense": "to detain", "word": "задържам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to detain", "word": "detenir"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to detain", "word": "zadržet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "anholde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to detain", "word": "vasthouden"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pidättää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to detain", "word": "détenir"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "tart"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kōsoku", "sense": "to detain", "word": "拘束する"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "sulaikyti"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deténer"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zatrzymać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to detain", "word": "conter"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deter"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to detain", "word": "deține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zadérživatʹ", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "заде́рживать"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "zaderžátʹ", "sense": "to detain", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "задержа́ть"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "detener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to detain", "word": "anhålla"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to detain", "word": "magpigil"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pumigil"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to detain", "word": "mapigil"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to detain", "word": "pigilin"}, {"code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "mone kora", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "মনে করা"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "anse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "soutenir"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "hēgéomai", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "ἡγέομαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "nomízō", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "νομίζω"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "trattenere"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "tenere"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "išlaikyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "whakanonoi"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "sosténer"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "téner"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "utrzymywać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "considerar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "sustentar"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "menține"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "mantener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "anse"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "magpalagay"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to maintain, to consider", "word": "ipalagay"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to bind to a consequence of one's actions", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to bind to a consequence of one's actions", "word": "mantenere"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to bind to a consequence of one's actions", "word": "magpapanagot"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to bind to a consequence of one's actions", "word": "papanagutin"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "v sila sǎm", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "в сила съм"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "pysyä"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "gelten"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "ritenere"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "gëllen"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "contar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "valer"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "manatili"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "mamalagi"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to be or remain valid", "word": "magpatuloy"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "(tennis) to win one’s service game", "word": "pitää syöttönsä"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jǔ xíng", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "舉行 /举行"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "holde"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "anordne"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "organizi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "pitää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "tenir"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "austragen"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "abhalten"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "realizar"}, {"code": "ro", "english": "se", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "a ține"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "provoditʹ", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "проводить"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "sostener"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "hålla"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "anordna"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "magdaos"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to organise an event or meeting", "word": "idaos"}], "wikipedia": ["hold"], "word": "hold"}
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