Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hold \Hold\, v. t.

   {To hold up}. To stop in order to rob, often with the demand
      to hold up the hands. [Colloq.] Hole \Hole\, n. (Games)
   (a) A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which
       a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a
       score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole,
       as in golf.
   (b) (Fives) At Eton College, England, that part of the floor
       of the court between the step and the pepperbox.

Hold \Hold\, n. i.
   In general, to keep one's self in a given position or
   condition; to remain fixed. Hence:

   1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.

            And damned be him that first cries, ``Hold,
            enough!''                             --Shak.

   2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to
      remain unbroken or unsubdued.

            Our force by land hath nobly held.    --Shak.

   3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to
      endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.

            While our obedience holds.            --Milton.

            The rule holds in land as all other commodities.
                                                  --Locke.

   4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain
      attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.

            He will hold to the one and despise the other.
                                                  --Matt. vi. 24

   5. To restrain one's self; to refrain.

            His dauntless heart would fain have held From
            weeping, but his eyes rebelled.       --Dryden.

   6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of.

            My crown is absolute, and holds of none. --Dryden.

            His imagination holds immediately from nature.
                                                  --Hazlitt.

   {Hold on!} {Hold up!} wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- {To
   hold forth}, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach.
      --L'Estrange.

   {To hold in}, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh
      and could hardly hold in.

   {To hold off}, to keep at a distance.

   {To hold on}, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. ``The
      trade held on for many years,'' --Swift.

   {To hold out}, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain
      one's self; not to yield or give way.

   {To hold over}, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond
      a certain date.

   {To hold to or with}, to take sides with, as a person or
      opinion.

   {To hold together}, to be joined; not to separate; to remain
      in union. --Dryden. --Locke.

   {To hold up}.
      (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken;
          as, to hold up under misfortunes.
      (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up.
          --Hudibras.
      (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
          --Collier.


       (a) To keep good one's present condition absolutely or
           relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a
           ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a
           race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not
           lose strength or weight.

   {To hold one's peace}, to keep silence.

   {To hold out}.
       (a) To extend; to offer. ``Fortune holds out these to you
           as rewards.'' --B. Jonson.
       (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. ``He can
           not long hold out these pangs.'' --Shak.

   {To hold up}.
       (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head.
       (b) To support; to sustain. ``He holds himself up in
           virtue.''--Sir P. Sidney.
       (c) To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an
           example.
       (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your
           horses.

   {To hold water}.
       (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence
           (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps
           or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as,
           his statements will not hold water. [Collog.]
       (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus
           checking the headway of a boat.