| inglese > italiano | |
| hold | |
| 1. verb. tenere | |
| 2. sost. presa | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| 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. subst. A grasp or grip. |  |
| Keep a firm hold on the handlebars. |  |
| 26. subst. A place where animals are held for safety |  |
| 27. subst. 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. subst. Something reserved or kept. |  |
| We have a hold here for you. |  |
| 29. subst. Power over someone or something. |  |
| 30. subst. The ability to persist. |  |
| 31. subst. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair. |  |
| 32. subst. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent. |  |
| He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat. |  |
| 33. subst. (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time |  |
| 34. subst. (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. subst. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold. |  |
| As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015 |  |
| 36. subst. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken. |  |
| 37. subst. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet. |  |
| 38. subst. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin. |  |
| 39. subst. (video games, dated) A pause facility. |  |
| 40. subst. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy. |  |
| 41. subst. (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. subst. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold). |  |
| Put that in the hold. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| tenere | |
| 1. v. to hold, keep |  |
| 2. v. to take |  |
| 3. v. (transitive, regional) to have |  |
| 4. adj. feminine plural of adjective tenero |  |