Hold Past Tense

The past tense of Hold is held.

1. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean".

Rhymes with Hold

• uncontrolled
• decontrolled
• undersold
• controlled
• patrolled
• oversold
• fourfold
• foretold
• extolled
• consoled
• untold
• unsold
• unfold
• twofold
• strolled
• resold
• remold
• outsold
• enrolled
• enfold
• cajoled
• scold
• paroled
• wold
• vold
• tolled
• told
• sold
• rolled
• roald

How do you pronounce hold?

Pronounce hold as hoʊld.

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UK - How to pronounce hold in British English

Sentences with hold

1. Verb, base form
This will give you a handle to hold onto when you are bronzing the shoe.

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
They typically hold up to 10 place settings and are relatively easy to install.

Quotes about hold

1. Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
- Josh Billings

2. When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.
- Marc Chagall

3. Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good times.
- Mark Z. Danielewski

2. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] organize or be responsible for.

3. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] have or hold in one's hands or grip.

4. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.

5. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.

6. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] secure and keep for possible future use or application.

7. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.

8. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).

9. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices.

10. hold

verb. ['ˈhoʊld'] contain or hold; have within.