(transitive, sometimes idiomatic) (Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limited period. / (transitive, idiomatic) to save, delay

(idiomatic, intransitive) To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power. / (idiomatic, transitive) To contain; stop.

To assume or take responsibility, especially in another's absence. / To maintain a secure position.

(climbing) A large climbing hold that is big enough to wrap a hand around, similar to the handle of a jug.

(slang, idiomatic) stop; wait; whoa.

To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection.

To grasp, seize. / To take root, become established.

(transitive) To extend or offer, propose. / (intransitive) To talk at great length.

(business) a company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services

(colloquial) A delay or wait. / A robbery at gunpoint. / (bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.