hold

Hold the pencil like this.

This package holds six bottles.

Hold my coat for me.  The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.

Hold a table for us at 7:00.

Hold the elevator.

Hold the suspect in this cell.

to hold true;  The proposition holds.

to hold firm

We cannot hold mortality's strong hand.

He holds himself proudly erect.  Hold your head high.

Lay on, Macduff, and damned him that first cries hold, enough!

Our force by land hath nobly held.

to hold one's bladder;  to hold one's breath

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.  I'll hold him to that promise.

Hold not thy peace, and be not still.

Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught.

His dauntless heart would fain have held / From weeping, but his eyes rebelled.

He came into the hall where the wedding-festival had held […].

Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.

My Crown is abſolute, and holds of none.

One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.

[…] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' I'd say yes if we had our supply and no if it was dangerous.