'Holding' definitions:
Definition of 'holding'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"; [syn: property, belongings, holding]
Definition of 'Holding'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Holding'
From: GCIDE
- Holding \Hold"ing\, n.
- 1. The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which holds, binds, or influences. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Holding note (Mus.), a note sustained in one part, while the other parts move. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'holding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute interest,
- absorbing,
- adverse possession,
- alodium,
- arresting,
- attractive,
- bearing,
- benefit,
- blessed with,
- block,
- board lot,
- bolstering,
- bottling up,
- bracing,
- burdened,
- burgage,
- buttressing,
- carrying,
- claim,
- clinging,
- colony,
- common,
- compelling,
- compulsive,
- consuming,
- contingent interest,
- corking up,
- de facto,
- de jure,
- dependency,
- derivative title,
- driving,
- dummy share,
- easement,
- enchanting,
- enfeoffed,
- engaging,
- engrossing,
- enthralling,
- equitable interest,
- equity,
- estate,
- even lot,
- fascinating,
- fee fief,
- fee position,
- fee simple,
- fee simple absolute,
- fee simple conditional,
- fee simple defeasible,
- fee simple determinable,
- fee tail,
- feodum,
- feud,
- fiefdom,
- fractional lot,
- frankalmoign,
- free socage,
- freehold,
- full lot,
- gavelkind,
- grasping,
- gripping,
- having,
- having and holding,
- having title to,
- hold,
- holding in,
- holdings,
- hypnotic,
- impelling,
- in possession of,
- inhibition,
- interest,
- keeping,
- knight service,
- landed,
- landholding,
- landowning,
- lay fee,
- lease,
- leasehold,
- legal claim,
- legal possession,
- limitation,
- locking in,
- lot,
- magnetic,
- maintaining,
- maintenance,
- mandate,
- master of,
- mesmeric,
- mesmerizing,
- obsessing,
- obsessional,
- obsessive,
- occupancy,
- occupation,
- occupying,
- odd lot,
- original title,
- owning,
- part,
- percentage,
- possessed of,
- possessing,
- possession,
- preference share,
- prehension,
- preoccupancy,
- preoccupation,
- preoccupying,
- prepossession,
- prescription,
- preservation,
- propertied,
- property,
- property rights,
- property-owning,
- propping,
- proprietary rights,
- repression,
- retainment,
- retention,
- retentive,
- retentiveness,
- retentivity,
- right,
- right of entry,
- round lot,
- seisin,
- seized of,
- settlement,
- share,
- shoring,
- socage,
- spellbinding,
- squatting,
- stake,
- stockholding,
- stockholdings,
- strict settlement,
- sublease,
- supporting,
- supportive,
- suppression,
- suspensory,
- sustaining,
- sustentative,
- tenacious,
- tenacity,
- tenancy,
- tenantry,
- tenure,
- tenure in chivalry,
- tenured,
- title,
- trust,
- underlease,
- undertenancy,
- upholding,
- use,
- usucapion,
- vested interest,
- villein socage,
- villeinhold,
- villenage,
- worth
Words containing 'Holding'
- Hold,
- Hold on,
- Hold up,
- To hold in,
- To hold off,
- To hold on,
- To hold out,
- To hold over,
- To hold to,
- To hold up,
- To hold with,
- hold by,
- hold down,
- hold in,
- hold off,
- hold out,
- hold out on,
- hold over,
- hold with,
- holdings,
- Blanch holding,
- Blench holding,
- Ground hold,
- Holding note,
- Strangle hold,
- To clap hold of,
- To hold a chapel,
- To hold a wager,
- To hold by the button,
- To hold forth,
- To hold good,
- To hold hand,
- To hold in hand,
- To hold in play,
- To hold in pledge,
- To hold one's own,
- To hold pace with,
- To hold tack,
- To hold the tongue,
- To hold together,
- To hold water,
- To lay hold of,
- To lay hold on,
- To take hold of,
- Toe hold,
- cargo hold,
- choke hold,
- get hold,
- get hold of,
- hold back,
- hold cheap,
- hold close,
- hold dear,
- hold everything,
- hold fast,
- hold firm,
- hold forth,
- hold good,
- hold in contempt,
- hold office,
- hold one's own,
- hold open,
- hold still for,
- hold sway,
- hold the line,
- hold tight,
- hold together,
- hold true,
- hold water,
- hold your horses,
- hold-down,
- holding cell,
- holding company,
- holding device,
- holding paddock,
- holding pattern,
- holding pen,
- holding yard,
- scissor hold,
- scissors hold,
- take hold,
- take hold of,
- taking hold,
- wrestling hold,
- To get or to hold In chancery,
- To hold one's day,
- To hold one's peace,
- bank holding company,
- multibank holding company,
- To hold one's nose to the grindstone