English Dictionary

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
Source : opted (73252)  - auto

To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
Source : opted (73256)  - auto

To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
Source : opted (73257)  - auto

To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
Source : opted (73258)  - auto

To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Source : opted (73259)  - auto

To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Source : opted (73260)  - auto

To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
Source : opted (73261)  - auto

To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
Source : opted (73262)  - auto

To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Source : opted (73263)  - auto

To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
Source : opted (73264)  - auto