ahold
English
/əˈhoʊld/
adv
Definitions
- (nautical) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
Etymology
Prefix from English hold (game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem).
Origin
English
hold
Gloss
game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anchorhold English
- behold English
- breathhold English
- chokehold English
- commonhold English
- copyhold English
- fiefhold English
- fingerhold English
- foothold English
- forehold English
- forhold English
- handhold English
- hold English
- holdable English
- holdase English
- holdback English
- holder English
- holdest English
- holdeth English
- holdfast English
- holdless English
- holdoff English
- holdout English
- household English
- inhold English
- landhold English
- leasehold English
- leghold English
- lifehold English
- mini-hold English
- mishold English
- offhold English
- onhold English
- outhold English
- overhold English
- pinhold English
- resthold English
- roothold English
- shorthold English
- stokehold English
- stranglehold English
- stronghold English
- throttlehold English
- toehold English
- underhold English
- unhold English
- uphold English
- windhold English
- withhold English
- holden Middle English
- holim Tok Pisin
- hold
- inhold
- holder
- behold
- uphold
- unhold
- onhold
- outhold
- offhold
- holdout
- pinhold
- forhold
- holdase
- holdeth
- mishold
- toehold
- holdoff
- leghold
- holdest
- roothold
- foothold
- holdfast
- handhold
- windhold
- holdable
- holdless
- resthold
- landhold
- withhold
- lifehold
- copyhold
- fiefhold
- overhold
- holdback
- forehold
- underhold
- mini-hold
- chokehold
- leasehold
- shorthold
- stokehold
- household
- anchorhold
- fingerhold
- breathhold
- commonhold
- stronghold
- stranglehold
- throttlehold