Hold vs. Ahold
Holdverb
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
Holdverb
(transitive) To contain or store.
Holdverb
(heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
Holdverb
(transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
Holdverb
(transitive) To reserve.
Holdverb
(transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
Holdverb
(transitive) To detain.
Holdverb
(intransitive) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
Holdverb
To keep oneself in a particular state.
Holdverb
(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Holdverb
(transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
Holdverb
Not to move; to halt; to stop.
Holdverb
(intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
Holdverb
To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
Holdverb
(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
Holdverb
(transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
Holdverb
(transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
Holdverb
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Holdverb
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Holdverb
(archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
Holdverb
To win one's own service game.
Holdverb
To take place, to occur.
Holdverb
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
Holdverb
(archaic) To derive right or title.
Holdnoun
A grasp or grip.
Holdnoun
A place where animals are held for safety
Holdnoun
An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Holdnoun
Something reserved or kept.
Holdnoun
Power over someone or something.
Holdnoun
The ability to persist.
Holdnoun
The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
Holdnoun
(wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
Holdnoun
(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
Holdnoun
(gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
Holdnoun
(gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
Holdnoun
(tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
Holdnoun
The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
Holdnoun
A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
Holdnoun
A pause facility.
Holdnoun
The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
Holdnoun
(baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
Holdnoun
The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).
Holdadjective
(obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
Holdnoun
The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
Holdnoun
The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; grip; possession; - often used with the verbs take and lay.
Holdnoun
The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
Holdnoun
Binding power and influence.
Holdnoun
Something that may be grasped; means of support.
Holdnoun
A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
Holdnoun
A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; - often called a stronghold.
Holdnoun
A character [thus ] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; - called also pause, and corona.
Holdverb
To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
Holdverb
To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
Holdverb
To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
Holdverb
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Holdverb
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Holdverb
To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
Holdverb
To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
Holdverb
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Holdverb
To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
Holdverb
To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
Holdverb
In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
Holdverb
Not to move; to halt; to stop; - mostly in the imperative.
Holdverb
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
Holdverb
Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
Holdverb
Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave; - often with with, to, or for.
Holdverb
To restrain one's self; to refrain.
Holdverb
To derive right or title; - generally with of.
Holdnoun
the act of grasping;
Holdnoun
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;
Holdnoun
power by which something or someone is affected or dominated;
Holdnoun
time during which some action is awaited;
Holdnoun
a state of being confined (usually for a short time);
Holdnoun
a stronghold
Holdnoun
a cell in a jail or prison
Holdnoun
the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;
Holdnoun
the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
Holdverb
organize or be responsible for;
Holdverb
keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
Holdverb
have or hold in one's hands or grip;
Holdverb
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
Holdverb
have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices;
Holdverb
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense;
Holdverb
keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view;
Holdverb
contain or hold; have within;
Holdverb
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;
Holdverb
remain in a certain state, position, or condition;
Holdverb
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings);
Holdverb
assert or affirm;
Holdverb
remain committed to;
Holdverb
secure and keep for possible future use or application;
Holdverb
be the physical support of; carry the weight of;
Holdverb
hold the attention of;
Holdverb
keep from exhaling or expelling;
Holdverb
support or hold in a certain manner;
Holdverb
have room for; hold without crowding;
Holdverb
be capable of holding or containing;
Holdverb
be valid, applicable, or true;
Holdverb
take and maintain control over, often by violent means;
Holdverb
protect against a challenge or attack;
Holdverb
declare to be;
Holdverb
have as a major characteristic;
Holdverb
cause to stop;
Holdverb
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted;
Holdverb
cover as for protection against noise or smell;
Holdverb
drink alcohol without showing ill effects;
Holdverb
be pertinent or relevant or applicable;
Holdverb
arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;
Holdverb
resist or confront with resistance;
Holdverb
keep from departing;
Holdverb
stop dealing with;
Holdverb
aim, point, or direct;
Holdverb
be in accord; be in agreement;
Aholdadverb
Of a ship: brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea.
Aholdnoun
A hold, grip, grasp.
Aholdadverb
Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold.
Ahold
Koninklijke Ahold N.V. was a Dutch international retailer based in Zaandam, Netherlands. It merged with Delhaize Group in 2016 to form Ahold Delhaize.
