hold
hold [-ing, -s, held] v
OE haldan < Germanic.
- Retain; contain; prevent; restrain; confine within.
- Bear in the hand; maintain in one's grasp.
- Bind; stay; stick; connect; adhere; keep from separation; [fig.] legally binding.
- Think; regard; consider; believe; maintain an opinion.
- Contain; amount that can be borne.
- Own; retain; maintain.
- Mold; shape.
- Phrase. “hold up”: sustain; support.