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hold¹

1. Wrestling a way of seizing one's opponent

2. Music a pause or fermata

3. 

a. a tenure or holding, esp of land

b. (in combination): leasehold; freehold

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hold²

the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo

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hold [hōld]

(aerospace engineering)

A scheduled or unscheduled pause in a testing or launching sequence or countdown of a missile or space vehicle.

(computer science)

To retain information in a computer storage device for further use after it has been initially utilized.

(electronics)

To maintain storage elements at equilibrium voltages in a charge storage tube by electron bombardment.

(engineering)

The interior of a ship or plane, especially the cargo compartment.

(industrial engineering)

A therblig, or basic operation, in time-and-motion study in which the hand or other body member maintains an object in a fixed position and location.

(mechanical engineering)

A machine motion that is halted by an operator or interlock until it is restarted.