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holden 音標拼音: [h'oldən] hold的過去分詞 hold的過去分詞 Hold \ Hold\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Holding}. { Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [ OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[* a] lla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend ( the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf. { Avast}, { Halt}, { Hod}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] The loops held one curtain to another. -- Ex. xxxvi. 12. [ 1913 Webster] Thy right hand shall hold me. -- Ps. cxxxix. 10. [ 1913 Webster] They all hold swords, being expert in war. -- Cant. iii. 8. [ 1913 Webster] In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To retain in one' s keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. [ 1913 Webster] We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office. [ 1913 Webster] This noble merchant held a noble house. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. -- Knolles. [ 1913 Webster] And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. [ 1913 Webster] We can not hold mortality' s strong hand. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Death! what do' st? O, hold thy blow. -- Grashaw. [ 1913 Webster] He had not sufficient judgment and self- command to hold his tongue. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. [ 1913 Webster] Hold not thy peace, and be not still. -- Ps. lxxxiii. 1. [ 1913 Webster] Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 6. 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. [ 1913 Webster] I would hold more talk with thee. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 7. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Broken cisterns that can hold no water. -- Jer. ii. 13. [ 1913 Webster] One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. [ 1913 Webster] Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. -- 2 Thes. ii. 15. [ 1913 Webster] But still he held his purpose to depart. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge. [ 1913 Webster] I hold him but a fool. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] I shall never hold that man my friend. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. -- Ex. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster] 10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high. [ 1913 Webster] Let him hold his fingers thus. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { To hold a wager}, to lay or hazard a wager. -- Swift. { To hold forth}, ( a) v. t. to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. " The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach." -- Locke. ( b) v. i. To talk at length; to harangue. { To held in}, to restrain; to curd. { To hold in hand}, to toy with; to keep in expectation; to have in one' s power. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And hold a lady in hand. -- Beaw. & Fl. { To hold in play}, to keep under control; to dally with. -- Macaulay. { To hold off}, to keep at a distance. { To hold on}, to hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. { To hold one' s day}, to keep one' s appointment. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. { To hold one' s own}. To keep good one' s present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or weight. { To hold one' s peace}, to keep silence. { To hold out}. ( a) To extend; to offer. " Fortune holds out these to you as rewards." -- B. Jonson. ( b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. " He can not long hold out these pangs." -- Shak. { To hold up}. ( a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head. ( b) To support; to sustain. " He holds himself up in virtue."-- Sir P. Sidney. ( c) To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an example. ( d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses. ( e) to rob, usually at gunpoint; -- often with the demand to " hold up" the hands. ( f) To delay. { To hold water}. ( a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence ( Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. [ Colloq.] ( b) ( Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat. [ 1913 Webster] Holden, MO -- U. S. city in Missouri Population ( 2000): 2510 Housing Units ( 2000): 1089 Land area ( 2000): 2. 411618 sq. miles ( 6. 246061 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 008452 sq. miles ( 0. 021891 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 2. 420070 sq. miles ( 6. 267952 sq. km) FIPS code: 32572 Located within: Missouri ( MO), FIPS 29 Location: 38. 714455 N, 93. 990513 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 64040 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Holden, MO Holden
Holden, UT -- U. S. town in Utah Population ( 2000): 400 Housing Units ( 2000): 162 Land area ( 2000): 0. 548948 sq. miles ( 1. 421770 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 548948 sq. miles ( 1. 421770 sq. km) FIPS code: 35960 Located within: Utah ( UT), FIPS 49 Location: 39. 099889 N, 112. 269695 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Holden, UT Holden
Holden, WV -- U. S. Census Designated Place in West Virginia Population ( 2000): 1105 Housing Units ( 2000): 488 Land area ( 2000): 9. 773928 sq. miles ( 25. 314355 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 9. 773928 sq. miles ( 25. 314355 sq. km) FIPS code: 37948 Located within: West Virginia ( WV), FIPS 54 Location: 37. 818640 N, 82. 061541 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Holden, WV Holden
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