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[2] doom, finding, judgment, ruling, sentence—more at SENTENCE

holding pattern noun : a course flown by an aircraft waiting to land

hold on verb 1 : to maintain a condition or position : PERSIST

2 : to maintain a grasp on something

3 : to await something (as a telephone connection) desired or requested

Synonyms

[1] endure, hold, last, persist

usually hold on to [2] clench, cling, clutch, grip, hang on, hold—more at HOLD

[3] await, bide, stay, wait—more at WAIT

hold out verb 1 : to continue to fight or work

2 : to refuse to come to an agreement

— hold·out noun

Synonyms

hold, keep up, last, prevail, survive; also bear up, carry on, cope, endure, go, hang in, persevere; continue, draw out, hang on, linger, persist, remain, stretch

Antonyms

fail, fizzle, give out, go out, peter (out), run out

hold·over noun : one that is held over

hold·up noun 1 : DELAY

2 : robbery at the point of a gun

hold up verb 1 : to rob at gunpoint

2 : to stop, delay, or impede the course or advance of

3 : to call attention to

4 : to continue in the same condition without failing or losing effectiveness or force

Synonyms

[2] arrest, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, halt, stall, stay, still, stop—more at HALT

[2] clog, cramp, delay, embarrass, encumber, fetter, hamper, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, impede, inhibit, interfere, manacle, obstruct, shackle, tie up, trammel—more at HAMPER

[4] abide, continue, endure, keep up, last, persist, run on—more at CONTINUE

1hole noun 1 : an opening into or through something

2 : a hollow place (as a pit or cave)

3 : the resting or living place of a wild animal : DEN, BURROW

4 : a wretched or dingy place

5 : a unit of play from tee to cup in golf

6 : an awkward position

Synonyms

[1] breach, break, discontinuity, gap, gulf, interval, opening, rent, rift, separation—more at GAP

[1] aperture, opening, orifice, perforation; also chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, breach, break, fissure, gash, notch, rent, rift, rupture, slash, slit, split; gap, slot, space; exit, mouth, outlet, pore, vent; entrance, inlet, intake; pinprick, punch, puncture; armhole, buttonhole, knothole, peephole, pinhole, wormhole

[2] cavity, concavity, dent, depression, hollow, indentation, pit, recess; also burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, groove, trench, trough; basin, bowl, valley; alcove, cleft, niche, nook, opening, recess, socket; dimple, gouge, notch, impression, pocket; chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, well; abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void

Antonyms

bulge, convexity, protrusion, protuberance

[4] pigpen, shambles—more at PIGPEN

[6] corner, fix, jam, pickle, predicament, spot—more at PREDICAMENT

2hole verb : to make a hole in

Synonyms

bore, drill, perforate, pierce, punch, puncture—more at PERFORATE

hol·i·day noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. OE hāligdæg, fr. hālig holy + dæg day]

1 : a day set aside for special religious observance

2 : a day of freedom from work; especially : one in commemoration of an event

3 : VACATION

— holiday verb

ho·li·ness noun : the quality or state of being holy — used as a title for various high religious officials

Synonyms

blessedness, devoutness, godliness, piety, sainthood, sanctity; also asceticism, devotion, morality, spirituality; righteousness

Antonyms

godlessness, impiety, ungodliness, unholiness

ho·lis·tic adjective : relating to or concerned with integrated wholes or complete systems rather than with the analysis or treatment of separate parts <~ medicine> <~ ecology>

hol·lan·daise noun : a rich sauce made basically of butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice or vinegar

1holler verb : to cry out : SHOUT

2holler noun : a loud cry or call

Synonyms

cry, hoot, howl, shout, whoop, yell, yowl—more at SHOUT

1hollow noun 1 : CAVITY, HOLE

2 : a surface depression

Synonyms

dale, valley—more at VALLEY

cavity, concavity, dent, depression, hole, indentation, pit, recess—more at HOLE

2hollow adjective hol·low·er ; hol·low·est 1 : having