hold up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be the physical support of; carry the weight of
The beam holds up the roof
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- supporting derivation
- garter derivation
- holder derivation
- support derivation
- support derivation
Sense 2 verb
hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
Types & categories
- display hypernym
Sense 3 verb
cause to be slowed down or delayed
Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- armed robbery derivation
- crime domain topic
- assault entails
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
Sense 6 verb
resist or confront with resistance
The politician defied public opinion
Types & categories
- stand firm hypernym
- brave hyponym
Related & opposite
- withstander derivation
- noncompliant derivation
Sense 7 verb
resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
Her shoes won't hold up
Types & categories
- survive hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supporting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | garter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | holder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scaffold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | block |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | buoy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bracket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | underpin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | truss |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brace |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | display |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | hurry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdup |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | slow down |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stonewall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | buy time |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | armed robbery |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | crime |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | assault |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rob |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mug |
| 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 |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | withstander |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | noncompliant |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | stand firm |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | brave |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | survive |