Clues for the word "HOLD"
We've had 125 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 225 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on December 13, 2025.
Definition of hold
- n. - The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
- v. t. - To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
- v. t. - To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
- v. t. - To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
- v. t. - To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- v. t. - To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- v. t. - To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
- v. t. - To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
- v. t. - To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- v. t. - To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
- v. t. - To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
- n. i. - In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
- n. i. - Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
- n. i. - Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- n. i. - Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
- n. i. - Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
- n. i. - To restrain one's self; to refrain.
- n. i. - To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
- n. - The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
- n. - The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
- n. - Binding power and influence.
- n. - Something that may be grasped; means of support.
- n. - A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
- n. - A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
- n. - A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.
Referring Clues
- Nelson, e.g.
- Telephone button
- "___ the mayo!"
- Reserve
- Business phone button
- Ship part
- Maintain
- Hammerlock, e.g.
- Set aside
- Hang on to
- Grasp
- Phone button
- Word before or after "on"
- Wrestling move
- Not give way
- Get a grip on
- Clasp
- Cargo keeper
- Hammerlock or full nelson
- Hang onto
- Place for cargo
- Have's partner
- You might hear music on it
- Many companies have music on it
- Believe
- Word needed to complete 17-, 40- and 64-Across and 11- and 29-Down
- Conduct, as a meeting
- Reservation
- Annoying thing to be on
- ___ water (prove true)
- Stay on the line
- Office telephone button
- Ship's storage area
- Where cargo rides
- Retain
- Nelson, for one
- Wait on the line
- Cargo deck
- Grasp in one's hand
- You may hear Muzak when you're on it
- Full or half nelson
- Reserve, as a table
- Storage space
- Phone limbo
- Nautical storage
- Cargo area
- ____ On (Santana hit by our Ian Thomas)
- A plan may be put on it
- Ship storage
- Embrace
- Cling to
- See 112-Down
- Contain
- Hug
- Shipboard storage place
- Remain true
- Tactic on a mat
- Detain
- Half nelson, e.g.
- Word needed to complete 20-, 40- and 56-Across and 11- and 29-Down
- Keep from succeeding
- Omit, in diners
- Own
- Ship's cargo space
- Adhere (to)
- Wrestling maneuver
- Clutch
- Clasp in one's hand
- "to have & to ___"
- Type of music?
- Frustrating thing to be on
- A caller may be on this
- "Please ___" (operator's request)
- Wait on the phone
- Advice between "buy" and "sell"
- Arm bar, e.g.
- Ship or plane part
- Half nelson or full nelson, e.g.
- Cargo compartment
- Phone feature
- Spoon
- Have in one's hands
- The Beatles want to do this to "Your Hand"
- Fleetwood Mac "___ Me"
- Beatles "I Want to ___ Your Hand"
- Ship's storage space
- Keep having bits of holidays
- Scene of gripping action aboard ship?
- See 12
- Keep fast, grasp
- Broker's advice
- Stay in employment
- See 21
- See 1 across
- See 1
- Have in hand
- No-no for an offensive lineman
- Keep below decks
- Part of the ship said to be holed
- What reserved stuff is on
- Wait where the cargo goes
- Keep in reserve
- "Please ___" (secretary's words)
- Cargo's place
- Hammerlock or headlock
- Not drop
- Ship's cargo area
- Maintain one's grip
- Keep making a hotel out of date
- Wait to speak to the next available agent, say
- Claim to have in one's possession
- Stock market recommendation
- Don't let go in the storage compartment
- Wait for the next available representative
- Scene of gripping action aboard ship?
- Word after foot or before hands
- Grip
- "___ your horses!"
- Wait during a call
- Pend
- "___ Out Your Hand" (Brandi Carlile song)
- Cherish
- Contend
- Answering system limbo
- Callback alternative
Last Seen In
- LA Times - December 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2025
- Daily American - August 31, 2025
- Daily American - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 13, 2025
- Daily American - February 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 25, 2025
- USA Today - December 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 27, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 28, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 28, 2024
- USA Today - September 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 20, 2024
- LA Times - August 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 14, 2024
- LA Times - June 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 23, 2024
- LA Times - May 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 07, 2024
- New York Times - April 26, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 25, 2024
- USA Today - February 20, 2024
- Daily American - February 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 24, 2024
- New York Times - January 17, 2024
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