hold over
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
intimidate somebody (with a threat)
She was holding it over him
Types & categories
- intimidate hypernym
Sense 2 verb
hold over goods to be sold for the next season
Types & categories
- keep hypernym
Sense 3 verb
keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
Types & categories
- hold hypernym
Related & opposite
- holdover derivation
Sense 4 verb
continue a term of office past the normal period of time
Types & categories
- stay on hypernym
Related & opposite
- holdover derivation
Sense 5 verb
hold back to a later time
let's postpone the exam
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deferment derivation
- prorogation derivation
- putoff derivation
- procrastinator derivation
- shelver derivation
- reschedule entails
- cancel entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | intimidate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | keep |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdover |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdover |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stay on |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deferment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | prorogation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | putoff |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | procrastinator |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shelver |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | reschedule |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | cancel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | delay |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspend |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | probate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | respite |