Hold
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Hold may refer to:
Physical spaces
- Hold (ship), interior cargo space
- Baggage hold, cargo space on an airplane
- Stronghold, a castle or other fortified place
People
- Marianne Hold (1933–1994), German actress
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Hold (musical term), a pause, also called a Fermata
- Handhold (dance)
- Hold, the cards that are kept in a hand of poker, not those discarded and replaced
- "Hold", a song by Axium from Blindsided
- "Hold", a song by Saves the Day from I'm Sorry I'm Leaving
- Holds of Pern, a fictional city or community in the Dragonriders of Pern science-fiction series
Law
- Legal hold, a legal ruling or official declaration
- Secret hold, a parliamentary procedure
Sports
- Hold (baseball), a statistic that may be awarded to a relief pitcher
- Climbing hold, on climbing walls
- Grappling hold, a specific grip applied to an opponent in wrestling or martial arts
Technology
- Hold (aviation), a maneuver designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while keeping it within a specified airspace
- Hold (telephone), a condition wherein a call is not terminated, but the connection is held and no speech can take place
- Authorization hold, a now common practice by bankers and retailers (especially gas stations)
Other uses
- Hold (title), an ancient Anglo-Danish and Norwegian title