v. |
[1] |
grasp
,
grip
,
clasp
,
seize
,
clutch
,
keep
,
carry
,
(Colloq) hang on to
|
[2] |
hug
,
embrace
,
clasp
,
cradle
,
clench
,
clutch
,
enfold
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[3] |
maintain
,
keep
,
put
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[4] |
maintain
,
keep
,
sustain
,
absorb
,
occupy
,
engage
,
involve
,
engross
,
monopolize
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[5] |
confine
,
restrain
,
detain
,
contain
,
coop up
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[6] |
imprison
,
detain
,
confine
,
place into custody
,
put behind bars
,
jail
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[7] |
believe
,
deem
,
judge
,
consider
,
regard
,
look on/upon
,
maintain
,
think
,
esteem
,
take
,
assume
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[8] |
accommodate
,
support
,
carry
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[9] |
contain
,
include
,
comprise
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[10] |
call
,
keep
,
maintain
,
convene
,
assemble
,
convoke
,
run
,
conduct
,
engage in
,
participate in
,
have
,
carry on
,
preside over
,
officiate at
|
[11] |
apply
,
take hold
,
hold good
,
be in effect/in force
,
stand/hold up
,
hold/prove/be true
,
be the case
,
function
,
operate
,
be/remain/prove valid/relevant/applicable/operative
,
(Colloq) hold water
,
wash
|
[12] |
have
,
throw
,
have
,
possess
,
make
,
give
|
[13] |
have
,
remain/keep (fast)
,
stay
,
have got
,
stick
|
[14] |
hold back
,
deem
,
view as
,
restrain
,
repress
,
take for
,
suppress
,
curb
,
inhibit
,
control
,
check
,
keep back
,
hinder withhold
,
reserve
,
deny
,
keep back
,
refuse
|
[15] |
hold down
,
harbor
,
harbour
,
control
,
restrain
,
entertain
,
nurse
,
check
,
reduce
,
diminish keep
,
maintain
,
manage
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[16] |
hold forth
,
restrain
,
confine
,
hold forth on/upon
,
lecture (on)
,
declaim
,
harangue
,
preach (on/about)
,
orate
,
sermonize (on)
,
discourse (on)
,
speechify (on/about)
,
expatiate/expand on/upon
,
(Colloq) go on (about)
,
(Brit) rabbit/natter/witter on (about) hold out
,
offer
,
proffer
,
tender
,
submit
,
advance
,
propose
,
propound
,
hold out
,
extend
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[17] |
hold in
,
retain
,
keep back
,
control
,
curb
,
hold back
,
check
,
hold back
,
restrain
,
contain conceal
,
hide
,
suppress
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[18] |
hold off
,
bear
,
delay
,
defer
,
put off
,
refrain from
,
postpone
,
avoid repel
,
keep off
,
repulse
,
fend off
,
rebuff
,
resist
,
withstand
|
[19] |
support
,
hold on
,
grip
,
sustain
,
hold up
,
grasp
,
hold
,
clutch
,
cling keep
,
maintain
,
cling
,
hang on
,
retain stop
,
wait
,
hold off
,
(Colloq) hang on
|
[20] |
hold out
,
bear
,
carry
,
last
,
carry on
,
contain
,
persist
,
persevere
,
continue
,
hang on
,
stand firm/(Mainly US) pat
,
endure offer
,
proffer
,
extend
,
hold forth
,
present
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[21] |
hold over
,
accommodate
,
admit
,
postpone
,
delay
,
defer
,
put off
,
hold off
,
suspend continue
,
retain
,
extend
,
prolong
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[22] |
hold up
,
rob
,
waylay
,
(Colloq) mug
,
stick up
,
knock off/(US) over delay
,
impede
,
hinder
,
slow (down/up)
,
set back
,
detain last
,
survive
,
fare
,
bear up
,
endure present
,
show
,
exhibit
,
display
|
[23] |
hold with
,
carry
,
bear
,
support
,
sustain
,
agree to/with
,
favour
,
countenance
,
approve (of)
,
subscribe to
,
condone
,
concur with
|
[24] |
prevail
,
obtain
|
[25] |
contain
,
take
|
[26] |
reserve
,
book
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[27] |
defend
,
guard
|
[28] |
oblige
,
bind
,
obligate
|
[29] |
defy
,
withstand
,
hold up
|
[30] |
apply
,
go for
|
[31] |
control
,
hold in
,
contain
,
check
,
curb
,
moderate
|
[32] |
halt
,
arrest
|
[33] |
carry
|
[34] |
declare
,
adjudge
|
[35] |
agree
,
concur
,
concord
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