theology |
1. n. The study of God, or a god, or gods, and the truthfulness of religion in general. | |
2. n. An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form. | |
3. n. (computing, slang) Subjective marginal details. | |
holding |
1. n. Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds. | |
2. n. A determination of law made by a court. | |
3. n. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another. | |
4. n. (obsolete) That which holds, binds, or influences. | |
5. n. (obsolete) Logic; consistency. | |
6. n. (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song. | |
7. n. (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian (m, ru, холдинг)). | |
8. v. present participle of hold | |
They were caught holding hands in the dark. | |
hold |
1. v. To grasp or grip. | |
Hold the pencil like this. | |
2. v. To contain or store. | |
This package holds six bottles. | |
3. v. To maintain or keep to a position or state.: | |
4. v. To have and keep possession of something. | |
Hold my coat for me. The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs. | |
5. v. To reserve. | |
Hold a table for us at 7:00. | |
6. v. To cause to wait or delay. | |
Hold the elevator. | |
7. v. To detain. | |
Hold the suspect in this cell. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person). | |
to hold true; The proposition holds. | |
9. v. To keep oneself in a particular state. | |
to hold firm; to hold opinions | |
10. v. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. | |
11. v. To bear, carry, or manage. | |
He holds himself proudly erect. Hold your head high. | |
12. v. (intransitive, mostly, imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop. | |
13. v. (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. | |
14. v. To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function. | |
to hold one's bladder; to hold one's breath | |
15. v. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.: | |
16. v. To maintain, to consider, to opine. | |
17. v. To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions. | |
He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command. I'll hold him to that promise. | |
18. v. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. | |
19. v. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. | |
20. v. (archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back. | |
21. v. (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game. | |
22. v. To take place, to occur. | |
23. v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice). | |
Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month. | |
24. v. (archaic) To derive right or title. | |
25. n. A grasp or grip. | |
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars. | |
26. n. A place where animals are held for safety | |
27. n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with. | |
Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book. | |
28. n. Something reserved or kept. | |
We have a hold here for you. | |
29. n. Power over someone or something. | |
30. n. The ability to persist. | |
31. n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair. | |
32. n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent. | |
He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat. | |
33. n. (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time | |
34. n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold. | |
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume. | |
35. n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold. | |
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015 | |
36. n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken. | |
37. n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet. | |
38. n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin. | |
39. n. (video games, dated) A pause facility. | |
40. n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy. | |
41. n. (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team. | |
42. adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true. | |
43. n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold). | |
Put that in the hold. | |
an |
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
4. conj. (archaic) If | |
5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
incorrect |
1. adj. Not correct; erroneous or wrong. | |
He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question. | |
2. adj. Faulty or defective. | |
The computer crashed due to incorrect programming. | |
3. adj. Inappropriate or improper. | |
He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary. | |
religious |
1. adj. Concerning religion. | |
It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues. | |
2. adj. Committed to the practice of religion. | |
I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now. | |
3. adj. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion. | |
I'm a religious fan of college basketball. | |
4. n. A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun. | |
belief |
1. n. Mental acceptance of a claim as true. | |
It's my belief that the thief is somebody known to us. | |
2. n. Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered. | |
My belief is that there is a bear in the woods. Bill said he saw one. | |
Based on this data, it is our belief that X does not occur. | |
3. n. Something believed. | |
The ancient people have a belief in many deities. | |
4. n. The quality or state of believing. | |
My belief that it will rain tomorrow is strong. | |
5. n. Religious faith. | |
She often said it was her belief that carried her through the hard times. | |
6. n. (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions. | |
I don't want to do a no-fault divorce on my husband and steal from him under color of law. It's against my beliefs. | |