To hold secure.
To employ by paying a retainer.
To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.
To keep in one's pay or service.
To keep in possession or use.
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
To hang freely; underhang.
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
To halt something temporarily.
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.