hold out
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
thrust or extend out
He held out his hand
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
- hyperextend hyponym
Related & opposite
- extensor muscle derivation
- extensile derivation
- extendible derivation
Sense 2 verb
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
Types & categories
- fight down hypernym
- stand out hyponym
- stand up hyponym
- outbrave hyponym
- hold off hyponym
- remain firm hyponym
- defy hyponym
Related & opposite
- surrender antonym
- resistance derivation
- holdout derivation
- defender derivation
- holdout derivation
- insubordinate derivation
Sense 3 verb
last and be usable
This dress wore well for almost ten years
Types & categories
- last hypernym
Related & opposite
- wearable derivation
Sense 4 verb
wait uncompromisingly for something desirable
He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses
Types & categories
- wait hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
continue to live through hardship or adversity
We went without water and food for 3 days
Types & categories
- hold water hyponym
- perennate hyponym
- live out hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extensor muscle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extensile |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extendible |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyperextend |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | surrender |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | resistance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | defender |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insubordinate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | outbrave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | remain firm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | defy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wearable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | last |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdout |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdout |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | wait |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | survival |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | live |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | live |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | subsist |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold water |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | perennate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | live out |