Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds. |
Anchor-hold (n.) Hence: Firm hold: security. |
Glory (n.) Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing |
Glory (n.) That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor |
Glory (n.) Pride |
Glory (n.) The presence of the Divine Being |
Glory (n.) An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line. |
Glory (n.) To exult with joy |
Glory (n.) To boast |
Hold (n.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed. |
Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like |
Hold (v. t.) To retain in one's keeping |
Hold (v. t.) To have |
Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon |
Hold (v. t.) To maintain in being or action |
Hold (v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action |
Hold (v. t.) To receive and retain |
Hold (v. t.) To accept, as an opinion |
Hold (v. t.) To consider |
Hold (v. t.) To bear, carry, or manage |
Hold (n. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition |
Hold (n. i.) Not to more |
Hold (n. i.) Not to give way |
Hold (n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting |
Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant |
Hold (n. i.) To restrain one's self |
Hold (n. i.) To derive right or title |
Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms |
Hold (n.) The authority or ground to take or keep |
Hold (n.) Binding power and influence. |
Hold (n.) Something that may be grasped |
Hold (n.) A place of confinement |
Hold (n.) A place of security |
Hold (n.) A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged |
Morning-glory (n.) A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal. |
chokehold choke hold | a restraining hold, someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind, he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled |
hold-down | a limitation or constraint, taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending |
grasping taking hold seizing prehension | the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) |
clasp clench clutch clutches grasp grip hold | the act of grasping, he released his clasp on my arm, he has a strong grip for an old man, she kept a firm hold on the railing |
wrestling hold | a hold used in the sport of wrestling |
scissors scissors hold scissor hold scissor grip scissors grip | a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze |
American flag Stars and Stripes Star-Spangled Banner Old Glory | the national flag of the United States of America |
cargo area cargo deck cargo hold hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
glory hole lazaretto | a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship |
handle grip handgrip hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it, he grabbed the hammer by the handle, it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip |
hold keep | a cell in a jail or prison |
hold | a stronghold |
glory resplendence resplendency | brilliant radiant beauty, the glory of the sunrise |
aura aureole halo nimbus glory gloriole | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint |
hold | power by which something or someone is affected or dominated, he has a hold over them |
appreciation grasp hold | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something, he has a good grasp of accounting practices |
gloriosa glory lily climbing lily creeping lily Gloriosa superba | any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia, a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers, all parts are poisonous |
glory pea clianthus | any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes |
Convolvulaceae family Convolvulaceae morning-glory family | morning glory, bindweed, sweet potato, plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit |
field bindweed wild morning-glory Convolvulus arvensis | weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers, naturalized in North America and an invasive weed |
hedge bindweed wild morning-glory Calystegia sepium Convolvulus sepium | common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers, sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus |
morning glory | any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day |
common morning glory Ipomoea purpurea | pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers |
common morning glory Ipomoea tricolor | annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers, most commonly cultivated morning glory |
cypress vine star-glory Indian pink Ipomoea quamoclit Quamoclit pennata | tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves, naturalized in United States and elsewhere |
red morning-glory star ipomoea Ipomoea coccinea | annual herb having scarlet flowers, the eastern United States |
railroad vine beach morning glory Ipomoea pesaprae | a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas |
Japanese morning glory Ipomoea nil | annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers |
imperial Japanese morning glory Ipomoea imperialis | hybrid from Ipomoea nil |
Farley maidenhair Farley maidenhair fern Barbados maidenhair glory fern Adiantum tenerum farleyense | named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered |
detention detainment hold custody | a state of being confined (usually for a short time), his detention was politically motivated, the prisoner is on hold, he is in the custody of police |
glory glorification | a state of high honor, he valued glory above life itself |
delay hold time lag postponement wait | time during which some action is awaited, instant replay caused too long a delay, he ordered a hold in the action |
hold | keep from exhaling or expelling, hold your breath |
exsert stretch out put out extend hold out stretch forth | thrust or extend out, He held out his hand, point a finger, extend a hand, the bee exserted its sting |
hold down | restrain, please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep |
persevere persist hang in hang on hold on | be persistent, refuse to stop, he persisted to call me every night, The child persisted and kept asking questions |
hold on stop c | stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments, Hold on a moment! |
delay detain hold up | cause to be slowed down or delayed, Traffic was delayed by the bad weather, she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform |
hold | remain committed to, I hold to these ideas |
stand for hold still for | tolerate or bear, I won't stand for this kind of behavior! |
hold | assert or affirm, Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good |
deem hold view as take for | keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view, take for granted, view as important, hold these truths to be self-evident, I hold him personally responsible |
hold | hold the attention of, The soprano held the audience, This story held our interest, She can hold an audience spellbound |
seize clutch get hold of | affect, Fear seized the prisoners, The patient was seized with unbearable pains, He was seized with a dreadful disease |
reach get through get hold of contact | be in or establish communication with, Our advertisements reach millions, He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia |
hang on hold the line hold on | hold the phone line open, Please hang on while I get your folder |
agree hold f concur concord | be in accord, be in agreement, We agreed on the terms of the settlement, I can't agree with you!, I hold with those who say life is sacred, Both philosophers concord on this point |
hold forth discourse dissertate | talk at length and formally about a topic, The speaker dissertated about the social politics in th century England |
stand pat stand firm hold firm stand fast | refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief |