WordNet
v. hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared" [syn: cling to, hold tight, clutch]
Usage examples of "hold close".
For the present we part, nor must we be seen to hold close conversation.
And since instructions are many, hold close unto those, whereon the rest depend.
They'll come south, I am sure of that, and they will hold close to the edge of the mountains.
She, on the other hand, had very little to take out and hold close as the anniversary marking her sister's death drew near.
Rachar-ran asked of his warriors that they hold close to the Cornmacht lodges and not venture where their paths might cross those of the Tachyn.
My lady Tallia, that you hold close to your heart beliefs that the church has named as a heresy troubles me, but I acknowledge that only God can judge our hearts, and so I leave you alone to pray as you wish.
I stared out the window, feeling the snowtrack's hold close around us again.
I stared out the window, feeling the snow-track's hold close around us again.