Adder's-tongue (n.) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. |
Adder's-tongue (n.) The yellow dogtooth violet. |
Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds. |
Anchor-hold (n.) Hence: Firm hold: security. |
Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate |
Bird's-tongue (n.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). |
Blanch holding () A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise. |
Blench holding () See Blanch holding. |
Cold-shut (a.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded |
Cold-shut (n.) An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding. |
Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. |
Dog's-tongue (n.) Hound's-tongue. |
Double-tongue (n.) Deceit |
Earth-tongue (n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum. |
Hart-tongue (n.) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. |
Hart-tongue (n.) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida. |
Held () imp. & p. p. of Hold. |
Hold (n.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed. |
Held (imp. & p. p.) of Hold |
Holding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hold |
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 |
Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining. |
Holding (n.) A tenure |
Holding (n.) That which holds, binds, or influences. |
Holding (n.) The burden or chorus of a song. |
Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home |
Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home. |
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 |
retention keeping holding | the act of retaining something |
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 |
guardianship keeping safekeeping | the responsibility of a guardian or keeper, he left his car in my keeping |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR cardiac resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
keeping | conformity or harmony, his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion |
tongue worm pentastomid | wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth, parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals |
tonguefish tongue-fish | left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point, of little commercial value |
bull tongue | a heavy plow with a single wide blade, used chiefly in cotton fields |
cargo area cargo deck cargo hold hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
clapper tongue | metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side |
egg-and-dart egg-and-anchor egg-and-tongue | a decorative molding, a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape |
hand-held computer hand-held microcomputer | a portable battery-powered computer small enough to be carried in your pocket |
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 |
harmonica mouth organ harp mouth harp | a small rectangular freeeed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole |
hold keep | a cell in a jail or prison |
hold | a stronghold |
holding cell | a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial |
holding device | a device for holding something |
holding pen holding paddock holding yard | a pen where livestock is temporarily confined |
jew's harp jews' harp mouth bow | a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity |
mouth | the opening of a jar or bottle, the jar had a wide mouth |
mouth hole | a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth |
tongue | the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot |
tongue and groove joint | a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board |
tongue depressor | a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat |
hold | power by which something or someone is affected or dominated, he has a hold over them |
tongue lingua glossa clapper | a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity |
mouth | the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening, she wiped lipstick from her mouth |
mouth oral cavity oral fissure rima oris | the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge, he stuffed his mouth with candy |
palate roof of the mouth | the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities |
appreciation grasp hold | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something, he has a good grasp of accounting practices |
chiding scolding objurgation tongue-lashingcd | rebuking a person harshly |
sass sassing backtalk back talk lip mouth | an impudent or insolent rejoinder, don't give me any of your sass |
slip of the tongue | an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking |
natural language tongue | a human written or spoken language used by a community, opposed to e.g. a computer language |
mother tongue maternal language first language | one's native language, the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next |
tongue | a manner of speaking, he spoke with a thick tongue, she has a glib tongue |
sharp tongue | a bitter or critical manner of speaking |
tongue twister | an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly, `rubber baby buggy bumper' is a tongue twister |
grapevine pipeline word of mouth | gossip spread by spoken communication, the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth |
tongue | the tongue of certain animals used as meat |
beef tongue | the tongue of a cow eaten as meat |
calf's tongue | the tongue of a calf eaten as meat |
holding company | a company with controlling shares in other companies |
bank holding company | a holding company owning or controlling one or more banks |