To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
To put together in a cover, as of books.
To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
To place under legal obligation to serve.
To cover, as with a bandage.
To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
To make two or more elements stick together.
To exert a binding or restraining influence.
To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
To tie; to confine by any ligature.
To couple.
To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
To cohere or stick together in a mass.
To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
To complain; to whine about something.
To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
That which binds or ties.
A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
The indurated clay of coal mines.
A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
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 bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
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.
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.