To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
To refer to a location in computer memory.
To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
The property itself.
A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address.
The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later (specifically) a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
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.