Hold vs Handle - What's the difference?
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(lb) To grasp or grip.
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(lb) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
#(lb) To have and keep possession of something.
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#(lb) To reserve.
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#(lb) To cause to wait or delay.
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#(lb) To detain.
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#(lb) To be or remain valid; to apply.
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, chapter=2 #(lb) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:We cannot hold mortality's strong hand.
#*(Richard Crashaw) (1613-1649)
#*:Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow.
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#*:He hath not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue.
#(lb) To bear, carry, or manage.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Let him hold his fingers thus.
# Not to move; to halt; to stop.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:And damned be him that first cries, "Hold , enough!"
#(lb) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Our force by land hath nobly held .
# To remain ; to control an excretory bodily function.
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(lb) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
#(lb) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
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#(lb) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
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#To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
#*Bible, (Psalms) lxxxiii.1:
#*:Hold not thy peace, and be not still.
#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
#*:Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.
#To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
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#*:Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught.
#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:But still he held his purpose to depart.
#(lb) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:His dauntless heart would fain have held / From weeping, but his eyes rebelled.
To win one's own service game.
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
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, title= (lb) To derive right or title.
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*:My crown is absolute, and holds of none.
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*:His imagination holds immediately from nature.
A grasp or grip.
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The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
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(wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
(gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
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(gambling) The wager amount, the total hold .
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(tennis) An instance of .
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A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
(video games, dated) A pause facility.
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(nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold ).
A part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
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That of which use is made; an instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
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(Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. See also pot, middy for other regional variations.
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(American) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
(computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
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To use the hands.
* Psalm 115:7:
To touch; to feel with the hand.
* Luke 24:39:
To use or hold with the hand.
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To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
* Shakespeare, King Lear , IV-vi:
To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
* Sir W. Temple:
To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell
To deal with; to make a business of.
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To treat; to use, well or ill.
* Shakespeare, Henry VI , Part I, I-iv:
To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
* Shakespeare, Measure for Measure , V-i:
To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
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(soccer) To touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
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In intransitive terms the difference between hold and handle
is that hold is not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued while handle is to use the hands.In gambling terms the difference between hold and handle
is that hold is the wager amount, the total hold while handle is the gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.As verbs the difference between hold and handle
is that hold is to grasp or grip while handle is to use the hands.As nouns the difference between hold and handle
is that hold is a grasp or grip while handle is a part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.As an adjective hold
is gracious; friendly; faithful; true.hold
English
(wikipedia hold)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , (etyl) (m), (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Verb
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Antonyms
* releaseDerived terms
* be left holding the baby * holdall * hold a candle * hold a grudge * hold accountable * hold back * hold court * hold down * holder * holdfast * hold forth * holding * hold it * hold off * hold on * hold on to * hold one's breath * hold one's fire * hold one's horses * hold one's liquor * hold one's own * hold one's peace * hold out * hold over * hold responsible * hold someone's feet to the fire * hold the cards * hold the fort * hold the line * hold to account * hold up * hold-ups * hold water * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * uphold * withhold * See also'' held''' ''and'' ' holdingNoun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.}}
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- We have a hold here for you.
- Sculpturing gels provide stiffer hold than styling gels, which provide better hold than mousses.
- He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold .
- A hold facility is available; H holds, and S restarts.
- SCREEN 5 — Perhaps the toughest — going like the clappers sometimes works but generally you'll have to be smarter than that. If things get a little too hectic and you don't even have time to reach the HOLD key, try taking a short rest below the top of the stairs.
Derived terms
* foothold * handhold * household * no holds barred * on hold * stronghold * threshhold * military hold * personal holdReferences
See also
* beholdEtymology 3
Alteration (due to (m)) of (m). Cognate with (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Put that in the hold .
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) handel, handle, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- This article describes how to find the module name from the window handle .
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
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- The daily handle of a Las Vegas casino is typically millions of dollars.
- (geography, Newfoundland, and, Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- Handle of the Sug, Nfld.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
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Derived terms
* give a handle * handlebar, handlebars * handlebody * handleless * handling * love handleEtymology 2
From (etyl) handlen, from (etyl) .Verb
- They [idols made of gold and silver] have hands, but they handle not
- Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh.
- About his altar, handling holy things
- That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper
- The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year
- a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock
- They that handle the law knew me not
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- How wert thou handled being prisoner
- You shall see how I'll handle her
- We will handle what persons are apt to envy others
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