English Explanatory Dictionary

outhold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hold out; extend.
  2. To hold out, endure; resist, withstand; keep out by force, exclude.
  3. To hold better than someone or something else.
  4. To hold longer than another player.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-outhold.wav

Word forms

outhold outholds outholding outheld outholden

Etymology

From Middle English outholden, equivalent to out- + hold. Cognate with Scots outhald (“to outhold”).

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