(transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend. / (transitive) To obtain.

plural of hold out

plural of holding pattern

present participle of hold a candle

(intransitive) To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone. / (intransitive) To delay taking action.

present participle of hold fire

present participle of hold back

(transitive) To hold in the hand. / (transitive, figuratively) To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along).

(tennis) A game in which the server wins every point (in which the server holds to love).

plural of holding company