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unrestrained
     1. adj. immoderate; not restrained or held in check
           The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.
     2. adj. spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained
           Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.
     3. adj. Not subject to physical restraint.
     4. v. simple past tense and past participle of unrestrain
     unrestrain
          1. v. To free from restraints.
not
     1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
           Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
           Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
     2. adv. To no degree.
           That is not red; it's orange.
     3. conj. And not.
           I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
           He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
     4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
           I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
           Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
     5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
           You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
     6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
held
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of hold
     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.
back
     1. adj. (not comparable) Near the rear.
           Go in the back door of the house.
     2. adj. (not comparable) Not current.
           I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
     3. adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area.
           They took a back road.
     4. adj. (not comparable) In arrear; overdue.
           They still owe three months' back rent.
     5. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating backward.
           back action
     6. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
           The vowel of smallcaps - lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.
     7. adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
           He gave back the money.   He needs his money back.   He was on vacation, but now he’s back.   The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.
     8. adv. Away from the front or from an edge.
           Sit all the way back in your chair.
           Step back from the curb.
     9. adv. In a manner that impedes.
           Fear held him back.
     10. adv. In a reciprocal manner.
           If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back.
     11. adv. Earlier, ago.
           many years back
     12. n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
           Could you please scratch my back?
     13. n.          The spine and associated tissues.
                   I hurt my back lifting those crates.
     14. n.          (slang) Large and attractive buttocks.
     15. n.          (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
                   I still need to finish the back of your dress.
     16. n.          The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
                   Can you fix the back of this chair?
     17. n.          (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.)
     18. n. That which is farthest away from the front.
           He sat in the back of the room.
     19. n.          The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
                   Turn the book over and look at the back.
     20. n.         # The edge of a book which is bound.
              #     The titles are printed on the backs of the books.
     21. n.         # (printing) The inside margin of a page.
     22. n.         # The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
              #     Tap it with the back of your knife.
     23. n.          The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
                   I hung the clothes on the back of the door.
     24. n.          Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
                   We'll meet out in the back of the library.
     25. n.          The part of something that goes last.
                   The car was near the back of the train.
     26. n.          (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
                   The backs were lined up in an I formation.
     27. n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
           The small boat raced over the backs of the waves.
     28. n. A support or resource in reserve.
     29. n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
           The ship's back broke in the pounding surf.
     30. n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
     31. n. (slang) Effort, usually physical.
           Put some back into it!
     32. n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
           Could I get a martini with a water back?
     33. n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
     34. v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
           the train backed into the station;  the horse refuses to back
     35. v. To support.
           I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?
     36. v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
     37. v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
     38. v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
     39. v. (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
     40. v. To push or force backwards.
           to back oxen
           The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
     41. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.
     42. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.
     43. v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
           to back books
     44. v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
     45. v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
           to back a letter;  to back a note or legal document
     46. v. (legal, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
     47. v. To row backward with (oars).
           to back the oars
     48. n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
     49. n. A ferryboat.
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