Forwarded from English Dictionary Bot
📚 Hold, verb.
🔉 /həʊld/ 🇬🇧 /həʊld/ 🇺🇸
❓ Definition (transitive): To have somebody/something in your hand, arms, etc.
❗️ Examples:
1. (hold somebody/something) She was holding a large box.
2. They were holding hands (= the right hand of one person holding the left hand of the other).
3. (hold somebody/something + adv./prep.) I held the mouse by its tail.
4. The girl held her father's hand tightly.
5. He was holding the baby in his arms.
6. The winning captain held the trophy in the air.
7. The lovers held each other close.
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🔉 /həʊld/ 🇬🇧 /həʊld/ 🇺🇸
❓ Definition (transitive): To have somebody/something in your hand, arms, etc.
❗️ Examples:
1. (hold somebody/something) She was holding a large box.
2. They were holding hands (= the right hand of one person holding the left hand of the other).
3. (hold somebody/something + adv./prep.) I held the mouse by its tail.
4. The girl held her father's hand tightly.
5. He was holding the baby in his arms.
6. The winning captain held the trophy in the air.
7. The lovers held each other close.
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🌀 @cambridge_dic