| behold | (verb) see with attention | Synonyms: lay eyes on |
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| chokehold | (noun) a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind | Synonyms: choke hold |
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| (noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: stranglehold, throttlehold |
| copyhold | (noun) a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services | - |
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| foothold | (noun) an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments | Synonyms: beachhead |
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| (noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: footing |
| (noun) an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | Synonyms: bridgehead |
| freehold | (noun) tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life | - |
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| (noun) an estate held in fee simple or for life | - |
| handhold | (noun) an appendage to hold onto | - |
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| hold | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip |
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| (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: grip, handgrip, handle |
| (noun) a cell in a jail or prison | Synonyms: keep |
| (noun) the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo | Synonyms: cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area |
| (noun) a stronghold | - |
| (noun) power by which something or someone is affected or dominated | - |
| (noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: appreciation, grasp |
| (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detainment, detention |
| (noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, postponement, time lag, wait |
| (verb) keep from exhaling or expelling | - |
| (verb) keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view | Synonyms: deem, take for, view as |
| (verb) hold the attention of | - |
| (verb) assert or affirm | - |
| (verb) remain committed to | - |
| (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: adjudge, declare |
| (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted | Synonyms: bind, obligate, oblige |
| (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concord, concur |
| (verb) aim, point, or direct | - |
| (verb) protect against a challenge or attack | Synonyms: defend, guard |
| (verb) drink alcohol without showing ill effects | Synonyms: carry |
| (verb) have or hold in one's hands or grip | - |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold up, support, sustain |
| (verb) support or hold in a certain manner | Synonyms: bear, carry |
| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, constrain, restrain |
| (verb) cover as for protection against noise or smell | - |
| (verb) organize or be responsible for | Synonyms: give, have, make, throw |
| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbor, harbour, nurse |
| (verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: arrest, halt |
| (verb) have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense | Synonyms: have, have got |
| (verb) secure and keep for possible future use or application | Synonyms: hold back, keep back, retain |
| (verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices | Synonyms: bear |
| (verb) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance | Synonyms: book, reserve |
| (verb) keep from departing | - |
| (verb) take and maintain control over, often by violent means | - |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold in, moderate |
| (verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
| (verb) remain in a certain state, position, or condition | - |
| (verb) be valid, applicable, or true | Synonyms: obtain, prevail |
| (verb) be pertinent or relevant or applicable | Synonyms: apply, go for |
| (verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: accommodate, admit |
| (verb) have as a major characteristic | - |
| (verb) resist or confront with resistance | Synonyms: defy, hold up, withstand |
| (verb) stop dealing with | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: bear, carry, contain |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: contain, take |
| household | (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, home, house, menage |
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| leasehold | (noun) land or property held under a lease | - |
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| safehold | (noun) a refuge from attack | - |
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| stokehold | (noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | Synonyms: fireroom, stokehole |
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| stranglehold | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe | - |
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| (noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: chokehold, throttlehold |
| stronghold | (noun) a strongly fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fastness |
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| threshold | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorsill, doorstep |
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| (noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | Synonyms: door, doorway, room access |
| (noun) the smallest detectable sensation | Synonyms: limen |
| (noun) a region marking a boundary | Synonyms: brink, verge |
| (noun) the starting point for a new state or experience | - |
| throttlehold | (noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: chokehold, stranglehold |
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| toehold | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints | - |
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| (noun) a small foothold used in climbing | - |
| (noun) a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made | - |
| uphold | (verb) stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals | - |
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| (verb) support against an opponent | Synonyms: maintain |
| (verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve |
| withhold | (verb) hold back; refuse to hand over or share | Synonyms: keep back |
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| (verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | Synonyms: deduct, recoup |