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

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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