Definition of held

"held" in the verb sense

1. keep, maintain, hold

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity e.g., `keep clean'

"hold in place"

"She always held herself as a lady"

"The students keep me on my toes"

2. hold, take hold

have or hold in one's hands or grip

"Hold this bowl for a moment, please"

"A crazy idea took hold of him"

3. hold, throw, have, make, give

organize or be responsible for

"hold a reception"

"have, throw, or make a party"

"give a course"

4. have, have got, hold

have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

"She has $1,000 in the bank"

"He has got two beautiful daughters"

"She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

5. deem, hold, view as, take for

keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

"take for granted"

"view as important"

"hold these truths to be self-evident"

"I hold him personally responsible"

6. harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings

"bear a grudge"

"entertain interesting notions"

"harbor a resentment"

7. restrain, confine, hold, constrain

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"

"About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"

"The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"

"The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

8. retain, hold, keep back, hold back

secure and keep for possible future use or application

"The landlord retained the security deposit"

"I reserve the right to disagree"

9. bear, hold

have rightfully of rights, titles, and offices

"She bears the title of Duchess"

"He held the governorship for almost a decade"

10. hold, support, sustain, hold up

be the physical support of carry the weight of

"The beam holds up the roof"

"He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"

"What's holding that mirror?"

11. hold, bear, carry, contain

contain or hold have within

"The jar carries wine"

"The canteen holds fresh water"

"This can contains water"

12. accommodate, hold, admit

have room for hold without crowding

"This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"

"The theater admits 300 people"

"The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"

13. hold

remain in a certain state, position, or condition

"The weather held"

"They held on the road and kept marching"

14. hold, carry, bear

support or hold in a certain manner

"She holds her head high"

"He carried himself upright"

15. prevail, hold, obtain

be valid, applicable, or true

"This theory still holds"

16. hold

assert or affirm

"Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good"

17. hold

have as a major characteristic

"The novel holds many surprises"

"The book holds in store much valuable advise"

18. contain, take, hold

be capable of holding or containing

"This box won't take all the items"

"The flask holds one gallon"

19. reserve, hold, book

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

"reserve me a seat on a flight"

"The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"

"please hold a table at Maxim's"

20. defend, guard, hold

protect against a challenge or attack

"Hold that position behind the trees!"

"Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

21. oblige, bind, hold, obligate

bind by an obligation cause to be indebted

"He's held by a contract"

"I'll hold you by your promise"

22. hold

hold the attention of

"The soprano held the audience"

"This story held our interest"

"She can hold an audience spellbound"

23. hold

remain committed to

"I hold to these ideas"

24. defy, withstand, hold, hold up

resist or confront with resistance

"The politician defied public opinion"

"The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"

"The bridge held"

25. apply, hold, go for

be pertinent or relevant or applicable

"The same laws apply to you!"

"This theory holds for all irrational numbers"

"The same rules go for everyone"

26. hold

stop dealing with

"hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting"

27. control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate

lessen the intensity of temper hold in restraint hold or keep within limits

"moderate your alcohol intake"

"hold your tongue"

"hold your temper"

"control your anger"

28. hold

keep from departing

"Hold the taxi"

"Hold the horse"

29. hold

take and maintain control over, often by violent means

"The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"

30. halt, hold, arrest

cause to stop

"Halt the engines"

"Arrest the progress"

"halt the presses"

31. hold

cover as for protection against noise or smell

"She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate"

"hold one's nose"

32. carry, hold

drink alcohol without showing ill effects

"He can hold his liquor"

"he had drunk more than he could carry"

33. hold

aim, point, or direct

"Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames"

34. declare, adjudge, hold

declare to be

"She was declared incompetent"

"judge held that the defendant was innocent"

35. agree, hold, concur, concord

be in accord be in agreement

"We agreed on the terms of the settlement"

"I can't agree with you!"

"I hold with those who say life is sacred"

"Both philosophers concord on this point"

36. hold

keep from exhaling or expelling

"hold your breath"

"held" in the adjective sense

1. held

occupied or in the control of often used in combination

"enemy-held territory"

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Quotations for held

To hold, not to be held.

He must needs swim,
That is held up by the chin. [ Proverb ]

Custom is held to be as a law. [ Law Maxim ]

A common blot is held no stain. [ Proverb ]

A maid oft seen, and a gown oft worn,
Are disesteemed, and held in scorn. [ Proverb ]

The buttercups, bright-eyed and bold,
Held up their chalices of gold
To catch the sunshine and the dew. [ Julia C. R. Dorr ]

It is held that sorrow makes us wise. [ Tennyson ]

Ancient custom is always held as law. [ Law ]

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin. [ John Webster ]

Time-honored golf! I heard it whispered once
That he who could not play was held a dunce
On old Olympus, when it teemed with gods. [ G. F. Carnegie ]

Night is fair virtue's immemorial friend;
The conscious moon, through every distant age.
Has held a lamp to wisdom, and let fall
On contemplation's eye her purging ray. [ Young ]

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held! [ Wordsworth ]

Ancient custom is always held or regarded as law. [ Law Maxim ]

If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue. [ Quarles ]

If I held all of truth in my hand, I would beware of opening it to men. [ Fontenelle ]

A woman can be held by no stronger tie than the knowledge that she is loved. [ Mme. de Motteville ]

The heart that is to be filled to the brim with holy joy must be held still. [ Bovee ]

Fame only reflects the estimate in which a man is held in comparison with others. [ Arthur Schopenhauer ]

If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. [ Bruyere ]

God only opened His hand to give flight to a thought that He had held imprisoned from eternity. [ Timothy Titcomb ]

I ever held this sentence of the poet as a canon of my creed, that whom God loveth not, they love not music. [ T. Morley ]

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was possible for me to execute myself. [ Montesquieu ]

Seek knowledge, as if thou wert to be here for ever; virtue, as if death already held thee by the bristling hair. [ Herder ]

Truth illuminates and gives joy; and it is by the bond of joy, not of pleasure, that men's spirits are indissolubly held. [ Matthew Arnold ]

Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace, or after ages of conflict and war; but come it will, and abide it will, so long as the principles by which it was acquired are held sacred. [ Edward Everett ]

Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like the sword in the scabbard, thine; if vented, thy sword is in another's hand. If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue. [ Quarles ]

We may be sure that cheerful beliefs about the unseen world, framed in full harmony with the beauty of the visible universe, and with the sweetness of domestic affections and joys, and held in company with kindred and friends, will illuminate the dark places on the pathway of earthly life and brighten all the road. [ Charles W. Eliot ]

Heroes have gone out; quacks have come in; the reign of quacks has not ended with the nineteenth century. The sceptre is held with a firmer grasp; the empire has a wider boundary. We are all the slaves of quackery in one shape or another. Indeed, one portion of our being is always playing the successful quack to the other. [ Carlyle ]

Lavater told Goethe that, on a certain occasion when he held the velvet bag in the church as collector of the offerings, he tried to observe only the hands; and he satisfied himself that in every individual the shape of the hand and of the fingers, the action and sentiment in dropping the gift into the bag, were distinctly different and individually characteristic. [ Mrs. Jameson ]

held in Scrabble®

The word held is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters held:

HELD
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The 64 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In held

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held in Words With Friends™

The word held is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters held:

HELD
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Words within the letters of held

2 letter words in held (3 words)

3 letter words in held (1 word)

4 letter words in held (1 word)

held + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence held

Words that start with held (1 word)

Words with held in them (6 words)

Words that end with held (6 words)

Word Growth involving held

Shorter words in held

el

he

Longer words containing held

beheld

handheld handhelds

sheldrake sheldrakes

shelduck shelducks

upheld

withheld overwithheld