Hold vs. Snatch

Holdverb

(transitive) To grasp or grip.

‘Hold the pencil like this.’;

Snatchverb

(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.

‘He snatched up the phone.’; ‘She snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.’;

Holdverb

(transitive) To contain or store.

‘This package holds six bottles.’;

Snatchverb

(intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.

‘to snatch at a rope’;

Holdverb

(heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.

Snatchverb

(transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.

‘to snatch a kiss’;

Holdverb

(transitive) To have and keep possession of something.

‘Hold my coat for me.’; ‘The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.’;

Snatchverb

To steal.

‘Someone has just snatched my purse!’;

Holdverb

(transitive) To reserve.

‘Hold a table for us at 7:00.’;

Snatchverb

To take (a victory) at the last moment.

Holdverb

(transitive) To cause to wait or delay.

‘Hold the elevator.’;

Snatchverb

To do something quickly in the limited time available.

‘He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.’; ‘He snatched a glimpse of her while her mother had her back turned.’;

Holdverb

(transitive) To detain.

‘Hold the suspect in this cell.’;

Snatchnoun

A quick grab or catch.

‘The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.’;

Holdverb

(intransitive) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).

‘to hold true;’; ‘The proposition holds.’;

Snatchnoun

(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.

Holdverb

To keep oneself in a particular state.

‘to hold firm;’; ‘to hold opinions’;

Snatchnoun

A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.

‘I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.’;

Holdverb

(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

Snatchnoun

The vulva.

Holdverb

(transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.

‘He holds himself proudly erect.’; ‘Hold your head high.’;

Snatchnoun

(dated) A brief period of exertion.

Holdverb

Not to move; to halt; to stop.

Snatchnoun

(dated) A catching of the voice.

Holdverb

(intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.

Snatchnoun

(dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.

Holdverb

To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.

‘to hold one's bladder;’; ‘to hold one's breath’;

Snatchnoun

(dated) A quibble.

Holdverb

(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.

Snatchverb

To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

‘When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.’;

Holdverb

(transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.

Snatchverb

To seize and transport away; to rap.

Holdverb

(transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.

‘He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.’; ‘I'll hold him to that promise.’;

Snatchverb

To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; - often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.

Holdverb

To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.

Snatchnoun

A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

Holdverb

To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.

Snatchnoun

A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.

‘They move by fits and snatches.’;

Holdverb

(archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.

Snatchnoun

A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.

‘We have often little snatches of sunshine.’; ‘Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer.’;

Holdverb

To win one's own service game.

Snatchnoun

a small fragment;

‘overheard snatches of their conversation’;

Holdverb

To take place, to occur.

Snatchnoun

obscene terms for female genitals

Holdverb

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

‘Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.’;

Snatchnoun

(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

Holdverb

(archaic) To derive right or title.

Snatchnoun

a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

Holdnoun

A grasp or grip.

‘Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.’;

Snatchnoun

the act of catching an object with the hands;

‘Mays made the catch with his back to the plate’; ‘he made a grab for the ball before it landed’; ‘Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away’; ‘the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion’;

Holdnoun

A place where animals are held for safety

Snatchverb

to grasp hastily or eagerly;

‘Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone’;

Holdnoun

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

‘Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.’;

Snatchverb

to make grasping motions;

‘the cat snatched at the butterflies’;

Holdnoun

Something reserved or kept.

‘We have a hold here for you.’;

Snatchverb

take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom;

‘The industrialist's son was kidnapped’;

Holdnoun

Power over someone or something.

Snatchverb

quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way

‘a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat’; ‘she snatched at the handle’; ‘she snatched a biscuit from the plate’;

Holdnoun

The ability to persist.

Snatchverb

steal (something) or kidnap (someone) by seizing or grabbing suddenly

‘the baby was snatched from a shopping centre last night’;

Holdnoun

The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.

Snatchverb

quickly secure or obtain (something) when a chance presents itself

‘we snatched a few hours' sleep’;

Holdnoun

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

‘He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.’;

Snatchverb

eagerly take or accept (an offer or opportunity)

‘I snatched at the chance’;

Holdnoun

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

Snatchnoun

an act of snatching or quickly seizing something

‘a quick snatch of breath’;

Holdnoun

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

‘The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.’;

Snatchnoun

a short spell of doing something

‘brief snatches of sleep’;

Holdnoun

(gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.

‘As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015’;

Snatchnoun

a fragment of song or talk

‘picking up snatches of conversation’;

Holdnoun

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

Snatchnoun

a kidnapping or theft

‘a bag snatch’;

Holdnoun

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

Snatchnoun

the rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head in one movement.

Holdnoun

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

Snatchnoun

a woman's genitals.

Holdnoun

A pause facility.

Holdnoun

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

Holdnoun

(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.

Holdnoun

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

‘Put that in the hold.’;

Holdadjective

(obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.

Holdnoun

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

Holdnoun

The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; grip; possession; - often used with the verbs take and lay.

‘Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold.’; ‘Thou should'st lay hold upon him.’; ‘My soul took hold on thee.’; ‘Take fast hold of instruction.’;

Holdnoun

The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.

‘The law hath yet another hold on you.’;

Holdnoun

Binding power and influence.

‘Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of.’;

Holdnoun

Something that may be grasped; means of support.

‘If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall.’;

Holdnoun

A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

‘They . . . put them in hold unto the next day.’; ‘King Richard, he is in the mighty holdOf Bolingbroke.’;

Holdnoun

A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; - often called a stronghold.

‘New comers in an ancient hold’;

Holdnoun

A character [thus ] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; - called also pause, and corona.

Holdverb

To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.

‘The loops held one curtain to another.’; ‘Thy right hand shall hold me.’; ‘They all hold swords, being expert in war.’; ‘In vain he seeks, that having can not hold.’; ‘France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth,Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold.’;

Holdverb

To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.

‘We mean to hold what anciently we claimOf deity or empire.’;

Holdverb

To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.

‘This noble merchant held a noble house.’; ‘Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute.’; ‘And now the strand, and now the plain, they held.’;

Holdverb

To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

‘We can not hold mortality's strong hand.’; ‘Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow.’; ‘He had not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue.’;

Holdverb

To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.

‘Hold not thy peace, and be not still.’; ‘Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost,Shall hold their course.’;

Holdverb

To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.

‘I would hold more talk with thee.’;

Holdverb

To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.

‘Broken cisterns that can hold no water.’; ‘One sees more devils than vast hell can hold.’;

Holdverb

To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.

‘Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught.’; ‘But still he held his purpose to depart.’;

Holdverb

To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.

‘I hold him but a fool.’; ‘I shall never hold that man my friend.’; ‘The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.’;

Holdverb

To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.

‘Let him hold his fingers thus.’; ‘O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods,And hold a lady in hand.’;

Holdverb

In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:

Holdverb

Not to move; to halt; to stop; - mostly in the imperative.

‘And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!"’;

Holdverb

Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.

‘Our force by land hath nobly held.’;

Holdverb

Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.

‘While our obedience holds.’; ‘The rule holds in land as all other commodities.’;

Holdverb

Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave; - often with with, to, or for.

‘He will hold to the one and despise the other.’;

Holdverb

To restrain one's self; to refrain.

‘His dauntless heart would fain have heldFrom weeping, but his eyes rebelled.’;

Holdverb

To derive right or title; - generally with of.

‘My crown is absolute, and holds of none.’; ‘His imagination holds immediately from nature.’;

Holdnoun

the act of grasping;

‘he released his clasp on my arm’; ‘he has a strong grip for an old man’; ‘she kept a firm hold on the railing’;

Holdnoun

understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;

‘he has a good grasp of accounting practices’;

Holdnoun

power by which something or someone is affected or dominated;

‘he has a hold over them’;

Holdnoun

time during which some action is awaited;

‘instant replay caused too long a delay’; ‘he ordered a hold in the action’;

Holdnoun

a state of being confined (usually for a short time);

‘his detention was politically motivated’; ‘the prisoner is on hold’; ‘he is in the custody of police’;

Holdnoun

a stronghold

Holdnoun

a cell in a jail or prison

Holdnoun

the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;

‘he grabbed the hammer by the handle’; ‘it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip’;

Holdnoun

the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo

Holdverb

organize or be responsible for;

‘hold a reception’; ‘have, throw, or make a party’; ‘give a course’;

Holdverb

keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,

‘keep clean’; ‘hold in place’; ‘She always held herself as a lady’; ‘The students keep me on my toes’;

Holdverb

have or hold in one's hands or grip;

‘Hold this bowl for a moment, please’; ‘A crazy idea took hold of him’;

Holdverb

to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;

‘This holds the local until the express passengers change trains’; ‘About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade’; ‘The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center’; ‘The terrorists held the journalists for ransom’;

Holdverb

have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices;

‘She bears the title of Duchess’; ‘He held the governorship for almost a decade’;

Holdverb

have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense;

‘She has $1,000 in the bank’; ‘He has got two beautiful daughters’; ‘She holds a Master's degree from Harvard’;

Holdverb

keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view;

‘take for granted’; ‘view as important’; ‘hold these truths to be self-evident’; ‘I hold him personally responsible’;

Holdverb

contain or hold; have within;

‘The jar carries wine’; ‘The canteen holds fresh water’; ‘This can contains water’;

Holdverb

lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;

‘moderate your alcohol intake’; ‘hold your tongue’; ‘hold your temper’; ‘control your anger’;

Holdverb

remain in a certain state, position, or condition;

‘The weather held’; ‘They held on the road and kept marching’;

Holdverb

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings);

‘bear a grudge’; ‘entertain interesting notions’; ‘harbor a resentment’;

Holdverb

assert or affirm;

‘Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good’;

Holdverb

remain committed to;

‘I hold to these ideas’;

Holdverb

secure and keep for possible future use or application;

‘The landlord retained the security deposit’; ‘I reserve the right to disagree’;

Holdverb

be the physical support of; carry the weight of;

‘The beam holds up the roof’; ‘He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam’; ‘What's holding that mirror?’;

Holdverb

hold the attention of;

‘The soprano held the audience’; ‘This story held our interest’; ‘She can hold an audience spellbound’;

Holdverb

keep from exhaling or expelling;

‘hold your breath’;

Holdverb

support or hold in a certain manner;

‘She holds her head high’; ‘He carried himself upright’;

Holdverb

have room for; hold without crowding;

‘This hotel can accommodate 250 guests’; ‘The theater admits 300 people’; ‘The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people’;

Holdverb

be capable of holding or containing;

‘This box won't take all the items’; ‘The flask holds one gallon’;

Holdverb

be valid, applicable, or true;

‘This theory still holds’;

Holdverb

take and maintain control over, often by violent means;

‘The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week’;

Holdverb

protect against a challenge or attack;

‘Hold that position behind the trees!’; ‘Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks’;

Holdverb

declare to be;

‘She was declared incompetent’; ‘judge held that the defendant was innocent’;

Holdverb

have as a major characteristic;

‘The novel holds many surprises’; ‘The book holds in store much valuable advise’;

Holdverb

cause to stop;

‘Halt the engines’; ‘Arrest the progress’; ‘halt the presses’;

Holdverb

bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted;

‘He's held by a contract’; ‘I'll hold you by your promise’;

Holdverb

cover as for protection against noise or smell;

‘She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate’; ‘hold one's nose’;

Holdverb

drink alcohol without showing ill effects;

‘He can hold his liquor’; ‘he had drunk more than he could carry’;

Holdverb

be pertinent or relevant or applicable;

‘The same laws apply to you!’; ‘This theory holds for all irrational numbers’; ‘The same rules go for everyone’;

Holdverb

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;

‘reserve me a seat on a flight’; ‘The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family’; ‘please hold a table at Maxim's’;

Holdverb

resist or confront with resistance;

‘The politician defied public opinion’; ‘The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear’; ‘The bridge held’;

Holdverb

keep from departing;

‘Hold the taxi’; ‘Hold the horse’;

Holdverb

stop dealing with;

‘hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting’;

Holdverb

aim, point, or direct;

‘Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames’;

Holdverb

be in accord; be in agreement;

‘We agreed on the terms of the settlement’; ‘I can't agree with you!’; ‘I hold with those who say life is sacred’; ‘Both philosophers concord on this point’;