Synonyms for holding

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hohl-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊl dɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for holding

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Définition of holding

Origin : early 13c., verbal noun of hold. As a football (soccer) penalty, from 1866. Meaning "property held," especially stock shares, is from 1570s.

noun property held

Example sentences :

“Alack me no alacks,” she interrupted, holding up her riding rod.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

She sat between them on a little stool, holding a hand of each.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

There was the taking of the sea-rovers, and the holding of the keep against the Jacks.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sidney was holding the tiny squirrel in warm, protecting hands.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But the Street's conventions were not holding Sidney's thoughts now.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

So she found him in the hall, holding a cup of tepid coffee.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Wilson was holding his own, conscious now and making a hard fight.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The grandmother was really standing there, holding the fiddle out to him.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

Faust is holding out Lauzanne, and stretched me half a point about the mare.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

"Good-by, Miss Winship," he said, holding open the gate for me.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

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