(imperative) Wait a minute; stop. / To wait to excrete when one needs to. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, it.

Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds. / A determination of law made by a court. / A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another. / (obsolete) Logic; consistency.

present participle of hold

plural of holding

Archaic spelling of hold.

Archaic spelling of hold.

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of hold

a surname

Alternative form of ahold

(transitive) To keep to oneself; to prevent from escaping. / (intransitive, dated) To restrain oneself.