1. To abstain from drink is to hold from it, to refrain voluntarily.
2. A vessel contains a liquid when it holds its particles together.
3. To detain the wages of a laborer is to hold them from him after they are due.
5. Maintain literally means to hold by the hand; to preserve from falling. To hold fast; to keep in possession; as, to maintain one's ground in battle.
7. Sustain. To hold up from beneath; to uphold; to support; to endure.
8. A tenant is one who holds land under another.
9. A tenet is an opinion or doctrine held as true.
10. Tenable. Capable of being held; as ground taken for argument.
11. Tenacious. Having the quality of holding fast.
12. One's tenure of office is that time during which he holds office.