| acold | (adjective) of persons; feeling cold | - |
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| behold | (verb) see with attention | Synonyms: lay eyes on |
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| billfold | (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: notecase, pocketbook, wallet |
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| blindfold | (adjective) wearing a blindfold | Synonyms: blindfolded |
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| (noun) a cloth used to cover the eyes | - |
| (verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing | - |
| bold | (adjective) fearless and daring | - |
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| (adjective) clear and distinct | - |
| (adjective) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front | Synonyms: bluff, sheer |
| (noun) a typeface with thick heavy lines | Synonyms: bold face, boldface |
| centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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| centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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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 |
| cold | (adjective) having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration | - |
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| (adjective) extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion | - |
| (adjective) (color) giving no sensation of warmth | - |
| (adjective) lacking the warmth of life | - |
| (adjective) of a seeker; far from the object sought | - |
| (adjective) without compunction or human feeling | Synonyms: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate |
| (adjective) so intense as to be almost uncontrollable | - |
| (adjective) marked by errorless familiarity | - |
| (adjective) having lost freshness through passage of time | - |
| (adjective) unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication | - |
| (adjective) feeling or showing no enthusiasm | - |
| (adjective) sexually unresponsive | Synonyms: frigid |
| (adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: dusty, moth-eaten, stale |
| (noun) the absence of heat | Synonyms: coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature |
| (noun) the sensation produced by low temperatures | Synonyms: coldness |
| (noun) a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) | Synonyms: common cold |
| 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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| cuckold | (noun) a man whose wife committed adultery | - |
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| (verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: betray, cheat, cheat on, wander |
| eightfold | (adjective) having eight units or components | Synonyms: eight-fold, octuple |
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| enfold | (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, envelop, enwrap, wrap |
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| fivefold | (adjective) having five units or components | Synonyms: five-fold, quintuple |
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| fold | (noun) the act of folding | Synonyms: folding |
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| (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold |
| (noun) a folded part (as in skin or muscle) | Synonyms: plica |
| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: congregation, faithful |
| (noun) a group of sheep or goats | Synonyms: flock |
| (noun) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock | Synonyms: folding |
| (noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication |
| (verb) incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating | - |
| (verb) become folded or folded up | Synonyms: fold up |
| (verb) bend or lay so that one part covers the other | Synonyms: fold up, turn up |
| (verb) confine in a fold, like sheep | Synonyms: pen up |
| (verb) cease to operate or cause to cease operating | Synonyms: close, close down, close up, shut down |
| 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 |
| fourfold | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate |
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| (adjective) four times as great or many | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple |
| (adverb) by a factor of four | Synonyms: four times |
| 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 | - |
| gatefold | (noun) an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine | Synonyms: foldout |
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| gold | (adjective) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold | Synonyms: aureate, gilded, gilt, golden |
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| (adjective) made from or covered with gold | Synonyms: gilded, golden |
| (noun) a deep yellow color | Synonyms: amber |
| (noun) something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc. | - |
| (noun) coins made of gold | - |
| (noun) great wealth | - |
| (noun) a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia | Synonyms: atomic number 79, Au |
| 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 |
| hoodmold | (noun) a protective drip that is made of stone | Synonyms: dripstone, hoodmould |
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| household | (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, home, house, menage |
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| hundredfold | (adverb) by a factor of one hundred | Synonyms: a hundred times |
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| leasehold | (noun) land or property held under a lease | - |
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| mangold | (noun) beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangel-wurzel, mangold-wurzel |
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| manifold | (adjective) many and varied; having many features or forms | Synonyms: multiplex |
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| (noun) a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes | - |
| (noun) a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions | - |
| (noun) a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies | Synonyms: manifold paper |
| (verb) make multiple copies of | Synonyms: multiply |
| (verb) combine or increase by multiplication | Synonyms: multiply |
| marigold | (noun) any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers | - |
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| millionfold | (adverb) by a factor of a million | Synonyms: a million times |
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| mold | (noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | Synonyms: cast, mould |
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| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, modelling, molding, mould, moulding |
| (noun) a distinctive nature, character, or type | Synonyms: mould |
| (noun) a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold | Synonyms: mould |
| (noun) a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter | Synonyms: mould |
| (noun) the process of becoming mildewed | Synonyms: mildew, mould |
| (noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: cast, mould, stamp |
| (noun) loose soil rich in organic matter | Synonyms: mould |
| (verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity | Synonyms: mildew, mould |
| (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, influence, mould, regulate, shape |
| (verb) fit tightly, follow the contours of | Synonyms: mould |
| (verb) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold | Synonyms: cast, mould |
| (verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mould, shape, work |
| (verb) form in clay, wax, etc | Synonyms: model, mould |
| ninefold | (adjective) having nine units or components | Synonyms: nine-fold, nonuple |
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| (adverb) by a factor of nine | Synonyms: nine times |
| old | (adjective) of long duration; not new | - |
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| (adjective) (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age | - |
| (adjective) skilled through long experience | Synonyms: older |
| (adjective) (used for emphasis) very familiar | - |
| (adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
| (adjective) just preceding something else in time or order | Synonyms: previous |
| (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, former, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime |
| (noun) past times | - |
| overbold | (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, sassy, saucy, smart, wise |
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| pinfold | (noun) a pen where stray animals are confined | - |
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| remold | (verb) give new treads to (a tire) | Synonyms: remould, retread |
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| (verb) cast again | Synonyms: recast, remould |
| (verb) shape again or shape differently | Synonyms: reshape |
| safehold | (noun) a refuge from attack | - |
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| scaffold | (noun) a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers | - |
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| (noun) a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) | - |
| (verb) provide with a scaffold for support | - |
| scold | (noun) someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | Synonyms: common scold, nag, nagger, scolder |
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| (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, take to task, trounce |
| (verb) show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | Synonyms: grouch, grumble |
| sevenfold | (adjective) having seven units or components | Synonyms: septuple, seven-fold |
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| (adverb) seven times | - |
| sheepfold | (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepcote |
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| sixfold | (adjective) having six units or components | Synonyms: sextuple, six-fold |
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| (adverb) by a factor of six | Synonyms: six times |
| sold | (adjective) disposed of to a purchaser | - |
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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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| tenfold | (adjective) containing ten or ten parts | Synonyms: denary, ten-fold |
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| (adverb) by ten times as much | - |
| threefold | (adjective) three times as great or many | Synonyms: three-fold, treble, triple |
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| (adjective) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | Synonyms: double, dual, three-fold, treble, two-fold, twofold |
| (adverb) by a factor of three | Synonyms: three times |
| 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 | - |
| twofold | (adjective) twice as great or many | Synonyms: double, doubled, two-fold |
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| (adjective) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | Synonyms: double, dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold |
| (adverb) by a factor of two | Synonyms: two times |
| unfold | (verb) develop or come to a promising stage | Synonyms: blossom, blossom forth, blossom out |
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| (verb) spread out or open from a closed or folded state | Synonyms: open, spread, spread out |
| (verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length | Synonyms: extend, stretch, stretch out |
| (verb) open to the view | - |
| unsold | (adjective) not disposed of by purchase | - |
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| untold | (adjective) too much to be measured | Synonyms: incalculable |
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| 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 |
| wold | (noun) a tract of open rolling country (especially upland) | - |
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