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

See also

• All pages beginning with Hold
• All pages with a title containing Hold
• Grasp
• Holder (disambiguation)
• Holding (disambiguation)