English Explanatory Dictionary

offhold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To retain.
  2. To hold off; prevent; refrain; avoid; shun.

Word forms

offhold offholds offholding offheld offholden off-hold

Etymology

From Middle English ofholden, from Old English ofhealdan (“to withhold, retain”), equivalent to off- + hold. Cognate with Dutch afhouden (“to detain, deter”), German abhalten (“to discourage, prevent, deter”).

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