/həʊld/
Translation
To have something in your hands or arms and keep it there.
Word origin
From Old English healdan, meaning to keep, guard, or grasp something.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- healdan
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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"Hold" means to keep the bag in your hands.
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"Holds" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Held" is the past form of "hold".
Used in
Stories
(18)At the Doctor
3 min read · Core 1000
Cooking Together
3 min read · Core 1000
Market Morning
3 min read · Core 1000
Sports Day
3 min read · Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read · Core 1000
Before the Doors Open
4 min read · Core 5000
One Sheep Short
4 min read · Core 5000
The Broken Window
4 min read · Core 5000
The Passenger
4 min read · Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Night Route
5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Register
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(9)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
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