present participle of hold a mirror to

To reflect; to represent and by resemblance provide insight into. / To elucidate; to make explicit some aspect of. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, mirror.

(transitive) To restrain.

(tennis) In a tiebreak, a point won by the server.

present participle of hold water

plural of holding tank

(idiomatic, intransitive, or transitive with to) to keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly

(climbing) A grip fixed to a climbing wall that climbers can grab or step on

(transitive) Alternative form of get hold of.

(intransitive, aeronautics) To wait, staying away from a runway or a taxiway.