Held is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HELD in dictionary:

VERB:
• HOLD, to keep possession of
• keep or sustain in a specified position
• embrace (someone)
• be able to bear (the weight of a person or thing)
• (of a vehicle) maintain close contact with (the road), especially when driven at speed
• (of a ship or an aircraft) continue to follow (a particular course)
• keep going in a particular direction
• keep or detain (someone)
• keep possession of (something), typically in the face of a challenge or attack
• (of a singer or musician) sustain (a note).
• stay or cause to stay at a certain value or level
• (in sport) manage to achieve a draw against (opponents thought likely to win)
• remain secure, intact, or in position without breaking or giving way
• (of a favourable condition or situation) continue without changing
• be or remain valid or available
• (of an argument or theory) be logical, consistent, or convincing
• refuse to abandon or change (a principle or opinion)
• cause someone to adhere to (a commitment)
• contain or be capable of containing (a specified amount)
• be able to drink (a reasonable amount of alcohol) without becoming drunk or suffering any ill effects
• have or be characterized by
• be in possession of illegal drugs
• have or occupy (a job or position)
• have (a belief or opinion)
• consider (someone) to be responsible or liable for a particular situation
• regard someone or something with (a specified feeling)
• (of a judge or court) rule; decide
• keep or reserve for someone
• maintain (a telephone connection) until the person one has telephoned is free to speak
• prevent from going ahead or occurring
• refrain from adding or using (something, typically an item of food or drink)
• wait or stop doing something
• restrain oneself
• arrange and take part in (a meeting or conversation)
• grasp, carry, or support with one's arms or hands
• keep (someone's interest or attention).
• have in one's possession
NOUN:
• an act or manner of grasping something; a grip
• a particular way of grasping or restraining someone, especially an opponent in wrestling or judo.
• power or control
• a fortress.
• a large compartment or space in the lower part of a ship or aircraft in which cargo is stowed.
• a place where one can grip with one's hands or feet while climbing
ADJECTIVE:
• occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• past tense of hold
• imp. & p. p. of Hold.

Words related to HELD

haud8 hold8 holden10 holding12 holds9

Words that contain HELD

beheld12 upheld12 lapheld13 handheld16 overheld15 shelduck18 withheld18 handhelds17 sheldduck20 sheldrake17 shelducks19 buttonheld16 marshelder16 sheldducks21 sheldrakes18 unwithheld20 heldentenor15 marshelders17 heldentenors16 overwithheld25

How to use HELD in a sentence

• Three small children, playing on her, held fast as a tiny wave broke before them.
• It is said that Michelangelo held him in his arms while he was dying, without counting the risk to his own life.
• I held my head between my hands to keep it from bursting.
• He offered his brother, Philip of Burgundy, to Margaret, along with the restoration of the districts of French Flanders, which he still held.
• For twenty-eight days that insignificant fortress and its handful of men defied the great Turkish army and held it back in that mountain-pass.
• But soon again the story held her and, oblivious of the present, she had been back in the realms of romance.
• The tremendous power of Nature held her spellbound.
• For legal purposes they were trustees, and the property held by them as such.
• Beaumont and his family, with the fervent piety, though not with the success of Moses, held up their hands in prayer to the God of battle.
• Valentinus, reared a Christian at Alexandria, held God was an Abyss, 559-l.
• She had passed the Post Office on her way, and had brought thence a letter which she held in her hand.
• Some of it was flour dust and other was the lime and mortar that had held together the front wall which had collapsed and slid outward.
• There was an interval of a week between that date and the order of suspension, during which two Cabinet meetings were held.
• The Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament was held in the church, this custom was adopted by St.
• It was held in October and I went with Douglas to attend it.
• There was a spell in that yellow blossom with the wicked blood-red spots, that held me its mere slave.
• At the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Gas Institute, which was recently held in Glasgow, Dr.

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