Hold may refer to:

Physical spaces

Hold (ship) 120px, View of the hold of a container ship A ship's hold or cargo hold is a space for carrying cargo in the ship's compartment. Description Cargo in holds may be either packaged in crates, bales, etc., or unpackaged (bulk cargo). Access to h ...

, interior cargo space * Baggage hold, cargo space on an airplane *

Stronghold A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere' ...

, a castle or other fortified place

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Hold (musical term), a pause, also called a Fermata * "Hold" (song), a song by Vera Blue * "Hold", a song by Axium from '' Blindsided'' * "Hold", a song by Saves the Day from '' I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'' * Hold, in a card game (e.g., blackjack or

poker Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game wa ...

, the cards that are kept in a hand, not those discarded and replaced *

Handhold (dance) A handhold is a manner the dancers hold each other's hands during the dance. A hold is the way one partner holds another one with hands. Hold and handhold are important components of connection in dance. Couple dances *Waist-hand hold *Shoulder-w ...

, a type of hold in dance * Hold (novel) a novel by Michael Donkor

Law

Legal hold A legal hold is a process that an organization uses to preserve all forms of potentially relevant information when litigation is pending or reasonably anticipated. The legal hold is initiated by a notice or communication from legal counsel to an ...

, a legal ruling or official declaration *

Secret hold In the United States Senate, a hold is a parliamentary procedure permitted by the Standing Rules of the United States Senate which allows one or more Senators to prevent a motion from reaching a vote on the Senate floor. If the Senator provides n ...

, a parliamentary procedure

Sports

Hold (baseball) A hold (abbreviated HLD, H or HD) is awarded to a relief pitcher who meets the following three conditions: :1. Enters the game in a save situation; that is, when all of the following three conditions apply: :: (a) He appears in relief (i.e., ...

, a statistic that may be awarded to a relief pitcher *

Climbing hold A climbing hold is a shaped grip that is usually attached to a climbing wall so climbers can grab or step on it. On most walls, climbing holds are arranged in paths, called routes, by specially trained route setters. Climbing holds come in a la ...

, on climbing walls *

Grappling hold A grappling hold, commonly referred to simply as a hold that in Japanese is referred to as ''katame-waza'' ( "grappling technique"), is any specific grappling, wrestling, judo, or other martial art grip that is applied to an opponent. Grappl ...

, a specific grip applied to an opponent in wrestling or martial arts

Technology

Hold (aviation) In aviation, holding (or flying a hold) is a maneuver designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while keeping it within a specified airspace. Implementation A holding pattern for instrument flight rules (IFR) aircraft is usually a race ...

, a manoeuvre designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while keeping it within a specified airspace *

Hold (telephone) In telephony, a call may be placed on hold, in which case the connection is not terminated but no verbal communication is possible until the call is removed from hold by the same or another extension on the key telephone system. Music on hold or ...

, a condition wherein a call is not terminated, but the connection is held and no speech can take place *

Authorization hold Authorization hold (also card authorization, preauthorization, or preauth) is a service offered by credit and debit card providers whereby the provider puts a hold of the amount approved by the cardholder, reducing the balance of available funds un ...

, a now common practice by bankers and retailers (especially gas stations)

Other uses

Hold (title) Hold (or Hauld) is a title of nobility, used in Viking Scandinavia and England. History Holds were described as "noblemen of exalted rank" in Viking Northumbria by Frank Stenton, with a wergild of 4000 thrymsas, equivalent to a king's high-reeve ...

, an ancient Anglo-Danish and Norwegian title *

holD 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 Arts, entertainment, and media * Hold (musical term), a pause, also called a Ferma ...

, a bacterial gene *Hold or on hold,

library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vi ...

books or other borrowed materials reserved for a particular borrower's use *

Marianne Hold Marianne Hold (15 May 1933 – 11 September 1994) was a German movie actress who became popular in the 1950s and 1960s for her numerous roles in the ''Heimatfilm'' genre— romantic comedy films set in rural, especially Alpine, areas. She ser ...

(1933–1994), German actress *

Trevor Hold Trevor Hold (21 September 1939 – 28 January 2004) was an English composer, poet and author, best known for his song cycles, many of them setting his own poetry. Biography Born in Northampton, Hold suffered an attack of polio at the age of seven, ...

(1939-2004), English composer, poet and author

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