inhold

I1N1H4O1L1D2

verb

To contain, hold in.

“c. 1604-1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cynthia If to the living were my muse addressed, Or did my mind her own spirit still inhold”

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Meanings

verbinhold (third-person singular simple present inholds, present participle inholding, simple past inheld, past participle inheld or (obsolete) inholden)

present singular third person inholds · participle present inholding · past inheld · participle past inheld · obsolete participle past inholden

  1. To contain, hold in.

    Sound implicates these obscure tethers, which connect sound to noise, thereby giving sound its sense. The implicated difference inholds an obscure reserve of sense.

    2002, Brian Massumi, A shock to thought: expression after Deleuze and Guattari
  2. To possess inherently, contain in oneself.

    c. 1604-1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cynthia If to the living were my muse addressed, Or did my mind her own spirit still inhold

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
possess
Also see
containpossess

Origin

From in- + hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, hold.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with inhold

oldgoldholdsoldcoldboldthresholdfoldrolledmoldbeholdmanifoldmouldupholdwithholduntolduncontrolledunfoldpolledauldpatrolledwoldbowledahold
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Cite this entry
APA

inhold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhold

MLA

“inhold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inhold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhold.

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