A grasp or grip.

An act or instance of holding.

A place where animals are held for safety

An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.

Something reserved or kept.

Power over someone or something.

The ability to persist.

The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.

(wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.

(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time

(gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.

(gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.

(tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.

The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.

A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.

The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.

(baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.

(aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.

(nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).

(transitive) To grasp or grip.

(transitive) To contain or store.

(heading) Maintain possession, reserve, cause delay, detain, remain valid, keep oneself in a particular state, impose restraint, bear or manage, halt or stop, remain unbroken or unsubdued, and control bodily functions.

(heading) Maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions; bind someone to a consequence of their actions; maintain in being or action; accept as an opinion; be the adherent of openly or privately; persist in a purpose; continue; sustain.

(tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.

To take place, to occur.

To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).

(imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.

(slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.