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HOLD DEAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be fond of; be attached to

Synonyms:

care for; cherish; hold dear; treasure

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "hold dear" is one way to...):

love (have a great affection or liking for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hold dear"):

yearn (have affection for; feel tenderness for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam cannot hold dear Sue

Sam and Sue hold dear the movie

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