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HOLDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of retaining something
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("holding" is a kind of...):
ownership; possession (the act of having and controlling property)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holding"):
withholding (the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control)
storage (the act of storing something)
Derivation:
hold (secure and keep for possible future use or application)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
Example:
he is a man of property
Synonyms:
belongings; holding; property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("holding" is a kind of...):
possession (anything owned or possessed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holding"):
trust (something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary))
stockholding; stockholdings (a specific number of stocks or shares owned)
heirloom ((law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance)
estate (everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities)
wealth (property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value)
public property (property owned by a government)
trade-in (an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one)
lease; letting; rental (property that is leased or rented out or let)
church property; spirituality; spiritualty (property or income owned by a church)
shareholding (a holding in the form of shares of corporations)
salvage (property or goods saved from damage or destruction)
landholding (a holding in the form of land)
commonage (property held in common)
immovable; real estate; real property; realty (property consisting of houses and land)
things (any movable possession (especially articles of clothing))
personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))
community property (property and income belonging jointly to a married couple)
intellectual property (intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights))
hereditament (any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited)
ratables; rateables (property that provides tax income for local governments)
worldly belongings; worldly goods; worldly possessions (all the property that someone possesses)
material possession; tangible possession (property or belongings that are tangible)
Derivation:
hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb hold
Context examples:
In a little while she sat among the stones, holding her wretched head with both her hands.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“Open your sack, Mr Fox, open your sack,” cried the cat to him, but the dogs had already seized him, and were holding him fast.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
In that instance, he had been holding a rifle in his hands to show the invention could be utilized for military purposes.
(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)
Do you mean to say that anyone holding these three papers, and without the seven others, could construct a Bruce-Partington submarine?
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I have sought you everywhere, dear Lady Maude,” said he in a piping voice, springing down from his horse and holding the stirrup.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Precious sight, and reasons of his own, says you. Reasons of his own; that's the mainstay; as between man and man. Well, then”—still holding me—“I reckon you can go, Jim.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Well, Roddy,” cried Jim, holding out his hand, “I told you that I would come to London and make my name known.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A container with a base wider than the narrow neck traditionally used for holding liquids.
(Flask, NCI Thesaurus)
An exercise that is performed by exerting force against an immovable object or by holding an object in a static position.
(Isometric Exercise, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of can for holding a drug product.
(Canister, NCI Thesaurus)
