Noun
1. clasp
2. clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension, appreciation
3. grasp, understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy, control
4. delay
5. time lag, postponement, wait, pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension, detention
6. custody, confinement, stronghold
7. fastness, keep
8. cell, jail cell, prison cell, handle
9. grip, handgrip, appendage, cargo area
Verb
1. cargo deck, cargo hold, storage area, enclosure, throw
2. have, make, give, direct, keep
3. maintain, hold back, hold out, hold over, hold out, hold up, take hold
4. restrain
5. confine, disable, disenable, incapacitate, bear
6. have, have got, have
7. have got, deem
8. view as, take for, see, consider, reckon, view, regard, bear
9. carry, contain, include, control
10. hold in, contain, check, curb, moderate, restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back, continue
11. go on, proceed, go along, keep, harbor
12. harbour, entertain, nurse, feel, experience, affirm
13. verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear, think
14. believe, consider, conceive, retain
15. keep back, hold back, keep, hold on, support
16. sustain, hold up, capture
17. enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant, restrain
18. suppress, keep, keep back, hold back, carry
19. bear, accommodate
20. admit, contain
21. take, be, prevail
22. obtain, exist, be, control
23. command, defend
24. guard, protect, declare
25. adjudge, judge, be
26. halt
27. arrest, stop, oblige
28. bind, obligate, relate, cover
29. carry
30. drink, booze, fuddle, apply
31. go for, refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, reserve
32. book, request, bespeak, call for, quest, defy
33. withstand, hold up, resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm, prevent
34. keep, postpone
35. prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off, aim
36. take, train, take aim, direct, agree
37. concur, concord
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