v
Pronunciation spelling of hold. [(transitive) To grasp or grip.]
v
Contraction of arrest (to capture a criminal) [(obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).]
v
(transitive) To hold in abeyance; to suspend.
v
(intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
v
(transitive) To remain faithful to (something or someone); to adhere to (an idea or plan).
v
Obsolete spelling of abide [(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.]
v
Alternative spelling of aby (“to endure”) [(archaic) To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.]
v
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
adv
(UK, naval) Brought to a sudden halt.
v
(obsolete) To lodge; to stay temporarily.
v
To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To remain standing; continue; abide; persist; onstand.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To remain sitting; stay; abide.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To stand to; withstand; resist; stand close to; press.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To stop; stay; remain.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To remain; to stay.
v
(intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
v
(transitive) To date or be boyfriend/girlfriend with.
v
To restrain; to keep from approaching.
v
To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
v
(idiomatic) To be patient with.
v
(archaic, intransitive) to remain, continue; to belay
v
(intransitive, obsolete outside dialects) To remain, stay.
v
(transitive) To stand by or near; stand around.
v
(transitive) To secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop.
v
(transitive) To profit; benefit; serve; avail.
n
(Now chiefly UK dialectal) Abiding; dwelling; sojourn; living.
v
Misconstruction of bide one's time or bode one's time
v
(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To wait, especially for a suitable opportunity.
v
(UK, dialect, archaic) To wait for a person at the appointed place and time.
n
(obsolete or dialectal) Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
v
Alternative form of belive [(intransitive, obsolete outside dialects) To remain, stay.]
v
To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
v
(transitive, formal, chiefly in the negative) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
v
Obsolete form of bide. [(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.]
adj
Standing nearby; having the role of bystander.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To continue, maintain or pursue (:an activity or enterprise)
v
(transitive, prison slang) To send somebody to solitary confinement; to make somebody be admitted to solitary confinement.
v
(by extension, figuratively) To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of.
v
To depend upon and be unwilling to relinquish.
v
(transitive) To endure or suffer with someone
v
To stop moving or being active; to stop.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
n
(by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
v
(transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
v
(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
v
(intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
v
Obsolete form of endure. [(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.]
v
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
v
To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, rare) To sit on the fence (to remain neutral on a certain topic).
v
To stay at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
v
(intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
v
Alternative form of forstand [(transitive) To stand against; stand in front of so as to bar the way; block; oppose; withstand.]
v
(transitive) To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.
v
(transitive, archaic, rare) To detain, hold back, or hold up (someone or something); also, to retain or withhold (something).
v
(transitive) To stand against; stand in front of so as to bar the way; block; oppose; withstand.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand.
v
(transitive) To deny (the right to); deprive (of).
v
(by extension, slang, Internet) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
v
(transitive) To control or stabilize (oneself).
v
(intransitive, colloquial) To date one person regularly and exclusively.
v
(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of hold on. [To grasp or grip firmly.]
v
(transitive) To bring to a stop.
v
To transfer (something) to someone else, especially as a replacement for oneself (such as an official office or duty); to transfer something that was originally given to oneself from someone else.
v
(intransitive, rare) To perform a handstand.
v
(transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
v
(informal) To linger, loiter, or stay.
v
(idiomatic) to stay, linger or loiter
v
(informal) To wait; to falter; to avoid proceeding through reluctance.
v
To linger or remain in a place after an event has completed and others have mostly departed.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To remain in a particular place or status.
v
(idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
v
(dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.
v
(informal, chiefly imperative) To wait, without attempting to address a challenging, alarming, or dangerous situation, until a later point in time.
v
To remain united; to stand by one another.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To remain strong-willed or brave, especially when experiencing duress or adversity.
v
To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
n
(obsolete) Hold; influence.
v
(transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
v
(intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.
n
Alternative form of hield [An inclination; a cant.]
adj
(idiomatic) present, and set to remain permanently.
v
(transitive) To throw; cast; put.
v
To depend on; to be contingent upon.
v
Alternative letter-case form of hodl [(neologism) To hoard a kind of cryptocurrency, especially bitcoin.]
v
(transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
v
(idiomatic) To stay angry (at someone or something).
v
Alternative form of hold the cards [(idiomatic) To be in a strong position, possessing significant advantages over someone else; to be in control of a situation involving multiple parties.]
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
v
(archaic, idiomatic, transitive) To detain in conversation to the point of weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.
v
(transitive) To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; to look down upon.
v
(idiomatic, by extension) To serve as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc.
v
(transitive) To value highly; to care about greatly.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well.
v
(chiefly US) Alternative form of hold the fort [To assume or take responsibility, especially in another's absence.]
v
(idiomatic, intransitive, or transitive with to) to keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly
v
(US, transitive) Alternative form of hold to ransom [(UK, transitive) To hold (someone) hostage until a ransom is paid.]
v
(transitive) To extend or offer, propose.
v
To continue being true or valid; to hold true.
v
(UK, dated, Rhode Island, often imperative) To remain still; to stop suddenly.
v
To hold in custody or use for any advantage.
v
(intransitive, dated) To restrain oneself.
v
(transitive) To restrain.
v
To wait to excrete when one needs to.
v
(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
v
(idiomatic) Wait a short while.
v
(idiomatic, usually in a negative) To wait expectantly for something to happen soon.
v
To refrain from criticism.
v
Synonym of stand one's ground
v
(idiomatic) To be patient; to wait.
v
(idiomatic) To be patient; to control one's impulses.
v
To manage to keep something.
v
(idiomatic, usually with on) To withhold something.
v
(intransitive) To remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To harp on; to remind continuously (especially of a misstep or defeat).
v
(US, transitive) Alternative form of hold to ransom [(UK, transitive) To hold (someone) hostage until a ransom is paid.]
v
(intransitive, aeronautics) To wait, staying away from a runway or a taxiway.
v
To not move; to remain stationary.
v
(idiomatic) To last or hold out.
v
(idiomatic, often imperative) To pause in a conversation for an interruption.
v
To assume or take responsibility, especially in another's absence.
v
(idiomatic) To firmly maintain one's viewpoint, principles, or situation; to refuse to change one's practices or plans.
v
(chiefly Britain, idiomatic) To oversee a situation while attempting to remain uninvolved in it.
v
To drive with good traction.
v
To remain patient, until a specified event occurs.
v
To share or subscribe to (a belief, etc.).
v
(UK, transitive) To hold (someone) hostage until a ransom is paid.
v
(transitive) To cause to stay together.
v
To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
v
(idiomatic, dated) To remain neutral by attempting to placate two factions or both sides of a controversy.
v
Obsolete form of holdest.
n
(colloquial) A delay or wait.
v
Pronunciation spelling of holding.
n
An attack designed to prevent an enemy from attacking, or from moving its position
n
One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.
n
Alternative spelling of hold-up [(colloquial) A delay or wait.]
v
(possibly nonstandard) To hold (someone or something) hostage, especially in a way that constrains or controls the person or thing held, or in order to exchange for something else.
v
Obsolete spelling of hold [(transitive) To grasp or grip.]
v
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain; delay.
v
(idiomatic) To stubbornly hold to a position.
v
(transitive) To hold back.
v
(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
v
(obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
n
(obsolete) A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To dwell in; inhabit; hold.
n
A stationary condition; a standstill.
v
(obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of keep. [To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.]
v
To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
v
To keep abreast of or up to date with; to keep people informed of.
v
To hold an academical disputation.
v
(transitive) to keep something near one.
v
(transitive) To constrain (a person) to continue doing (a task).
v
(transitive) Keep at a distance, away from one's body.
v
(Britain, school slang) To maintain vigilance.
v
(transitive) To continue to have confidence in someone or something, and to support them or it.
v
To protect or preserve from.
v
(intransitive) To continue functioning.
v
To seclude oneself in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.
v
to require a pupil to stay after school as a punishment
v
To continue to have a good relationship with (someone)
v
(intransitive, slang) To do something correctly.
v
(idiomatic) To maintain one's erection.
v
(obsolete) To show restraint; to behave with moderation.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To cause or allow to remain in an existing position.
v
(informal, imperative) Carry on with what you are doing; an expression of encouragement.
v
(idiomatic) To continue or persist, regardless of circumstances or setbacks; to keep trying or striving.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To persevere.
v
To refrain from familiarity with somebody or something; to stay aloof.
v
(UK, colloquial) do one's part
v
To retain one's skill through regular practice.
v
To hold back on action until a future time; to save one's resources in case of emergency.
v
To fulfill a commitment as part of keeping to an agreement.
v
To remain vigilant and ready for action.
v
Do what one has said one will do.
v
(idiomatic) To progress at the same rate as another; to keep up
v
(idiomatic) To remain with or accompany someone, especially to make them feel more comfortable with a certain situation.
v
(idiomatic) To keep someone uninformed and waiting for a response.
v
(UK, universities, dated) To reside during a term.
v
(idiomatic) To continue an action indicated in the context; to sustain a process.
v
(theater) Synonym of hold the book (“to act as prompter”)
v
Alternative form of keep faith [(intransitive) To retain one's faith.]
v
To keep the military campaign open; to maintain one's ground.
v
To maintain operating expenses for a business.
v
(idiomatic) To maintain one's livelihood; to continue to procure the necessities of living.
v
Alternative form of keep one's powder dry [To hold back on action until a future time; to save one's resources in case of emergency.]
v
To adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from.
v
Alternative form of stick to one's knitting [(idiomatic) To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems.]
v
To strive to maintain a group; to prevent a group from separating; to remain together.
v
(UK, dialect, archaic) To wait for a person at the appointed place and time.
v
(transitive) To hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
v
(transitive) To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
v
To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one.
v
Obsolete spelling of keep [To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.]
v
Archaic spelling of keep. [To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.]
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together)
v
(intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
v
Alternative form of lay hold of [(transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend.]
v
Alternative form of lay hold of [(transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend.]
v
(figuratively) To depend upon for support; to require assistance from.
adj
(of hair products) To be left in the hair for a period, rather than being rinsed out at once.
v
(intransitive, copulative) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
v
(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To endure.
n
(law) A right to appear in a court of law; legal standing.
v
(intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
v
To remain at a certain place instead of moving on.
v
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
v
To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
v
(transitive, archaic) To retain.
v
(transitive) To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist.
v
(transitive, rare) To hold on (to).
v
To hold better than someone or something else.
v
(transitive) To keep or last, without spoiling, longer than.
v
To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.
v
(intransitive, archaic) To remain over; remain untouched, unimpaired, unsettled, uncollected, unpaid, or otherwise undetermined.
v
(transitive) To stay beyond or longer than.
v
To stay as a guest longer than the host expected.
v
(transitive) To hold over; keep.
n
The act of staying too long.
n
(India) The act of overstaying.
v
To be in the temporary possession or control (of).
v
(intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
v
(intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To stay constant; to continue in a certain state; to remain.
v
(intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
v
(transitive) To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
v
(transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
v
To await; to be left to.
v
Obsolete spelling of remain [To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.]
v
(transitive) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.
v
(transitive) To withstand the actions of.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To keep a certain way.
v
(obsolete) To stagnate; to cease to flow.
v
(transitive) To keep in one's pay or service.
v
(policy) To preserve historical material regarded as problematic (such as statues), with appropriate contextual explanation, rather than destroying it or attempting to erase it from history.
adj
Synonym of hold harmless
v
To hold a professional, political, etc. position for a set period of time.
v
(US) To follow a shelter-in-place strategy.
v
(law, Scotland) To stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop
v
(obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.
v
To remain close or stand aside while refraining from acting or intervening.
v
To attend a private meeting or class without participating.
v
(idiomatic) To take no action on; to hold in reserve without actually using.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To remain neutral on a certain topic, to not have a stance or opinion.
v
(transitive) To await the cessation of, without taking part.
v
(idiomatic) To accept, tolerate, or acquiesce.
v
Alternative form of sit on the fence [(idiomatic, intransitive) To remain neutral on a certain topic, to not have a stance or opinion.]
v
(idiomatic) To unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event.
v
(idiomatic) To wait patiently; to take no action; to remain quiet or relatively motionless.
v
(intransitive) To sit erect.
v
To remain with an individual through the night, especially with an ill or troubled person.
v
Synonym of sit on (“block, suppress, hold back”)
n
A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
n
A form of punishment in which the offender is made to sit out from a desired activity.
n
A protest action in which protesters refuse to go to work or school, or in which they show up but do not work.
v
(intransitive) To continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.
v
(rail transport, transitive) to park (a rail vehicle).
n
(UK, law, obsolete) The position of a person found standing in the forest with a crossbow or longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; one of the four presumptions that a person intended to steal the king's deer.
v
To cease to develop, advance, or change; to become idle.
v
(rare, slang) Pronunciation spelling of stand. [(intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.]
v
(transitive, Scotland) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
v
(intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
v
Alternative form of stand up and be counted [(idiomatic) To publicly make known one's views, contributions, or vote, especially in a contentious situation where fortitude is required.]
v
A phrase traditionally used by a highwayman commanding victims to hand over their valuables.
v
(military) To stand straight with eyes forward and feet together.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To support; express one's support for, especially despite opposition; to stick with a decision.
v
To block or be a barrier to (someone or something).
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To remain loyal or faithful to.
v
(idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent
v
To take a side in a dispute.
v
(transitive, of something) To come in handy for someone in the aftertime.
v
(idiomatic) To expose oneself for the protection of something; to make defence against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.
v
(idiomatic, dated) To occupy places of advantage, power, or defence.
v
To observe a ceremony or tradition; to insist on proper behavior or recognition.
v
(idiomatic) To act in a formal, ceremonious, or overly polite manner.
v
(of an object) To place on its end.
v
(idiomatic) To maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition.
v
(idiomatic) To resist changes.
v
(sometimes figuratively) To stop moving, to remain motionless.
v
(idiomatic) To behave in a brave, proud, or unyielding manner, without retreating from confrontation, danger, or adversity.
v
(idiomatic) To remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time.
v
(colloquial) To remain uselessly in a place or situation, without taking any action.
v
(archaic) To live up to; to insist upon or maintain.
v
To remain allied through difficulties.
v
(intransitive, of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
v
(transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
v
(transitive) To withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) In a wedding ceremony, to serve as best man or as maid of honor or as an official witness for (someone).
v
To insist upon certain conditions.
v
(typography, of a character) To align with.
n
Alternative form of standby [A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).]
v
(military) To assume such a state of readiness.
n
(countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.
v
(proscribed, nonstandard, operations) To wait briefly, as for additional communication by radio or telephone; alternative spelling of stand by
n
A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), for instance of a celebrity, often displayed for advertising and promotional purposes.
n
complete immobility; halt
v
(obsolete, transitive) To prop or support.
v
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To be fixed or set; to stay.
v
(transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
n
(medicine, informal) The treating of casualties at the scene of an accident or injury, rather than transporting them to a hospital or other facility.
v
Not to vote in an election; not to turn out; not to make it to the polls
v
To remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) after normal hours
v
To remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment.
v
(idiomatic) To keep to one's own kind; to avoid intermixing or associating with other types of people.
v
(idiomatic) to continue in a place or situation, while others leave.
v
(idiomatic) To remain in one fixed place
v
(idiomatic) To persist or continue.
v
(idiomatic) To persist or continue, especially with regard to something difficult.
v
To remain loyal in times of stress or difficulty; to avoid separation despite pressure to do so.
v
(idiomatic, by extension, often as imperative) To wait or remain alert (for new developments or for further information).
v
(literally) To remain in a raised or upright position.
n
an order requiring citizens to remain at home unless absolutely necessary.
n
One who remains when expected to leave or after others have left.
n
(obsolete, slang) A snack.
adj
(law) Able to be stayed.
v
(neologism, rare, informal, intransitive) To vacation close to home; staycation.
n
(rare, informal, US) A staycation.
n
One who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.
v
(obsolete) To fill the stead or place of something.
n
A rest or support, as for the hand, a tool, or a piece of work.
n
(idiomatic, by extension) A person exhibiting such control.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
v
(archaic) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
v
(transitive) To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was.
v
(transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
v
(informal) To stay; to linger; to remain.
v
(transitive, informal) To continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult
v
(idiomatic) to follow or adhere to somebody or something, to remain loyal and unswerving in one's attitude towards somebody or something
v
Alternative form of stick to one's guns [(dated, military, of gunners) To persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire.]
v
To persist until the end; stick it out.
v
(idiomatic) To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
v
(idiomatic, by extension) To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition.
v
(idiomatic) To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems.
v
(idiomatic) To stick to one's knitting (to concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise etc.).
v
Alternative form of stick to one's knitting [(idiomatic) To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems.]
v
To remain in a position, especially in a critical situation.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To remain united, to stay together in association or alliance.
v
(informal) To follow loyally.
v
(transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
adj
brought to a standstill
n
(obsolete) A standstill.
v
(archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
n
(obsolete) A stand; a post; a station.
v
(intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
v
(dated) To stay out all night without returning home.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To stand still; stop.
v
(transitive, dialectal) To persist, endure.
v
To retain a certain state; to continue.
adj
Held in position, especially from below.
v
(transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
v
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
adj
(obsolete) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
v
(transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
v
(Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) To endure; to bear.
v
To take root, become established.
v
(transitive, chiefly in the negative) To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.
v
(US, Canada, informal) To take a short, typically ten-minute, break from some activity.
v
(climbing) Synonym of take in (“tighten a belaying rope”)
v
(intransitive) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
v
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; to insist (on).
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To support or sustain (someone), especially financially, for a limited period.
n
(by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold.
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To hold (an infant or child) for less time than needed.
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(transitive) To keep under or in subjection; subdue; suppress.
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(intransitive, nonstandard) To not move; remain still or motionless; remain in place.
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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
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(transitive, Britain) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.
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(intransitive) To stand up; arise; be erect; rise.
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(now rare) To sustain, support.
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(dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for.
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(intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
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(intransitive) To await the course of events before taking action.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival of someone or while anticipating some other event, often impatiently and often without a satisfactory outcome.
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(colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).
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(idiomatic) To wait through (something); wait (through) till the end; patiently endure.
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(colloquial, often used in the imperative, US) To wait.
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(idiomatic) A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.
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Alternative form of wait state [(computing) Any of several instances in which a computer's processor cannot execute instructions (either for the entire computer, or just for a specific task) until an I/O operation completes, or until an interrupt is resolved]
n
(medicine) Watchful waiting.
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To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
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(by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
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(transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
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(archaic, transitive) To resist, oppose, be set against or in opposition to.
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(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
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(transitive) To hold back; oppose; withstand.
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(obsolete) To keep, to observe, to pay attention.
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