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ahold en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /əˈhoʊld/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold English ahold From a- (“on”) + hold.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete, of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
    • Lay her a hold, a hold, ſet her two courſes off to Sea againe, lay her off. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

Forms

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a-hold alternative lexicographic

Translations (2)

de dicht am Wind (nautical) · pl ostrym kursem (nautical)

ahold en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /əˈhoʊld/

Etymology

From a + hold.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) A hold, grip, grasp.
    • GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF! 2009, Tim Irwin, Derailed: Five Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership, Thomas Nelson Inc., →ISBN, page 121:
    • Uh-oh... I guess I shouldn't have given my last babysitter such a hard time. Somehow she got ahold of the video Mom took of me running around without my diaper ... and posted it on YouTube. 2009 May 21, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):

Forms

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a-hold alternative lexicographic

Translations (4)

pl uścisk (Translations) · de sich zusammenreißen (Translations) · ru уде́рживание (Translations) · ru захва́т (Translations)