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Units related to: “hold”
cap-, cip-, capt-, cept-, ceive, -ceipt, -ceit, -cipient
(Latin: catch, seize, take, take hold of, receive, contain, hold; caught, taken prisoner)
habit-, hab-, -hibit; habili-, habil-
(Latin: to dwell, to live; have, hold; that which may be easily handled, is suitable, fit properly; clothing)
ten-, tent-, tin-, -tain, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence
(Latin: hold, grasp, have)
prehend-, prehens-
(Latin: to grasp or to understand, to seize; to reach, to hold, to take)
tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious
(Greek > Latin: to move in a certain direction; to stretch, to hold out; tension; as well as tendon, sinew)
Word Entries containing the term: “hold”
A sponge is something that is full of holes but it still can hold water.
This entry is located in the following unit: paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia (page 2)
have and hold
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 10)
hold one's tongue
To be silent; to keep still; not talking. Calvin's mother told him to hold his tongue when he started to talk back to her after she scolded him for doing something wrong.
This entry is located in the following unit: Tongue Idioms (page 1)