To compel (someone or something) to do something.
To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
To violate (a woman); to rape.
To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
Legal validity.
Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
Synonym of police force
Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
A waterfall or cascade.
To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
To detain.
To take place, to occur.
In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
To have and keep possession of something.
Not to move; to halt; to stop.
To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
To contain or store.
To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
To win one's own service game.
To cause to wait or delay.
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
To maintain, to consider, to opine.
To grasp or grip.
To reserve.
To bear, carry, or manage.
To keep oneself in a particular state.
To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
Power over someone or something.
A place where animals are held for safety
An act or instance of holding.
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
A position or grip used to control the opponent.
The wager amount, the total hold.
A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
The ability to persist.
An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Something reserved or kept.
A grasp or grip.
The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.