(idiomatic, transitive) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay. / (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).

To grasp or grip firmly. / (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone. / (idiomatic) Wait a short while. / (idiomatic) To remain loyal. / (idiomatic) To persist.

(idiomatic) Delayed; postponed; suspended. / Waiting on a telephone call. / On reserve; being held for someone. / Pertaining to a telephone hold state.

(transitive, literally) To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. / (figuratively) To offer, present (a hope, possibility, opportunity etc.)

Alternative spelling of holdout.

(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To wait a moment. / To hold, grasp, or grip. / (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.

(algebra) Any operation taking two operands.

(law) In tort law, the degree of caution that a reasonable person should exercise in a given situation so as to avoid causing injury.

(law) The duty upon a party in a legal proceeding to introduce enough evidence relating to an assertion of fact to have the issue be considered by the fact-finder rather than summarily dismissed or decided; part of the burden of proof.

(law) The duty upon a party in a legal proceeding to persuade the fact-finder to decide for that party on an assertion of fact; part of the burden of proof, sometimes loosely used as synonym for that term.