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  {
    "word": "hold",
    "phonetic": "/h\u0259\u028ald/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/h\u0259\u028ald/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/ho\u028ald/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hold-us.mp3",
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          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
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        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A grasp or grip.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Keep a firm hold on the handlebars."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An act or instance of holding.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Can I have a hold of the baby?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A place where animals are held for safety",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something reserved or kept.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We have a hold here for you."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Power over someone or something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The ability to persist.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A position or grip used to control the opponent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The wager amount, the total hold.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A pause facility.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To grasp or grip.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Hold the pencil like this."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To contain or store.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This package holds six bottles."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To win one's own service game.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take place, to occur.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To derive right or title.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A martini, please, and hold the olive."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "clasp",
          "grasp",
          "grip",
          "own",
          "happen"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "release"
        ]
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
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  },
  {
    "word": "hold",
    "phonetic": "/h\u0259\u028ald/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/h\u0259\u028ald/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/ho\u028ald/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hold-us.mp3",
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    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Put that in the hold."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
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    },
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  },
  {
    "word": "hold",
    "phonetic": "/h\u0259\u028ald/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/h\u0259\u028ald/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/ho\u028ald/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hold-us.mp3",
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        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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    },
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]