The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hold \Hold\, v. i. In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
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Not to move; to halt; to stop; -- mostly in the imperative.
And damned be him that first cries, ``Hold, enough!''
--Shak. -
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
Our force by land hath nobly held.
--Shak. -
Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
While our obedience holds.
--Milton.The rule holds in land as all other commodities.
--Locke. -
Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave; -- often with with, to, or for.
He will hold to the one and despise the other.
--Matt. vi. 24 -
To restrain one's self; to refrain.
His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled.
--Dryden. -
To derive right or title; -- generally with of. My crown is absolute, and holds of none. --Dryden. His imagination holds immediately from nature. --Hazlitt. Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. --L'Estrange. To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. To hold off, to keep at a distance. To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. ``The trade held on for many years,'' --Swift. To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way. To hold over, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date. To hold to or To hold with, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. To hold together, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. --Dryden. --Locke. To hold up.
To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes.
To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up.
--Hudibras.To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
--Collier.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To grasp or grip firmly. 2 (label en idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone. 3 (label en idiomatic) wait a short while.
WordNet
v. hold firmly [syn: grasp]
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" [syn: stop]
be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" [syn: persevere, persist, hang in, hang on]
hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder" [syn: hang on, hold the line]
retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" [syn: keep] [ant: lose]
Wikipedia
"Hold On" is the fifth and last single taken from Good Charlotte's second studio album The Young and the Hopeless.
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Hold On is the debut (and ultimately final) full-length album released by American rock band Name Taken. The album was produced by Saosin guitarist Beau Burchell. The second track, "Hold on for Your Dearest Life", was subsequently collected on the Warped Tour 2005 Tour Compilation.
The lyrics of the fourth track "Panic", is the first appearance of the term Panic! at the Disco, later used as the namesake of the platinum-selling band.
Panic! at the disco
Sat back and took it so slow
Are you nervous? Are you shaking?
"Hold On" is a song recorded by American vocal group Wilson Phillips. It was released in February 1990 as the lead single from their debut album, Wilson Phillips. The song won the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for 1990. At the Grammy Awards of 1991, the song received a nomination for Song of the Year, losing to " From a Distance" by Julie Gold and performed by Bette Midler. Kids Incorporated covered "Hold On" in 1991 in the Season 7 episode "That's What Friends Are For".
Hold on is an album by the British hard rock band Trapeze. The album was originally released in Germany in 1978 under the name Running with a different track order and album cover. This was the first and only studio Trapeze album to feature vocalist Pete Goalby, who later worked with Uriah Heep.
"Hold On" is a song by American pop band Jonas Brothers. The song was released as the band's first single from their self-titled second album in 2007. The iTunes Store named this single as #3 on their "Best of the Store" Playlist on August 7, 2007.
Hold On is an album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The album includes the third and final number one hit single by the band, " Fishin' in the Dark".
"Hold On" is a song recorded by the Christian group, Stellar Kart. It was released as the final single from the album We Can't Stand Sitting Down on July 25, 2006, and reached number #24 in 2006 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.
"Hold On" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn, The Matrix, and Atticus Ross for Korn's untitled eighth studio album. It was released as the album's second single in October 2007.
"Hold On" is the debut single from En Vogue's debut album, Born to Sing. It reached number one on the Hot Black Singles chart. The single became one of 1990's biggest hits in the US and also a major hit in the UK (No. 2 in the US, No. 5 in the UK). It also reached No. 1 on the U.S. Dance chart. The song opens with an a cappella rendition of the Motown standard " Who's Lovin' You", written by Smokey Robinson and originally recorded by his group, The Miracles. It features Cindy Herron on lead but Terry Ellis on the introduction. The song also contains a guitar sample from " The Payback" by James Brown.
"Hold On" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Year-End chart for 1990 as an R&B hit. As a pop hit, it also reached No. 8 on that portion of the Year-end chart.
En Vogue performed the song at the 2008 BET Awards with Alicia Keys.
The song's chorus was used and performed by Pharrell in the 2007 Jay-Z song " Blue Magic".
"Hold On" is an alternative rock song performed by Scottish singer KT Tunstall. The song was written by Tunstall and produced by Steve Osborne for Tunstall's third album Drastic Fantastic (2007).
The song was released as the album's first single on 16 July 2007 in the United States and on 13 August 2007 in Canada. It was released in the United Kingdom as a download single on 13 August 2007, and on CD and 7" on 27 August 2007.
It had mainstream success peaking at number 21 in the UK Singles Chart and number 19 in Norwegian and Italian Singles Charts.
"Hold On" is a song from the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon. It features only vocals, tremolo guitar, drums, and bass guitar, typical of the sparse arrangements Lennon favoured at the time. In the middle of the song, Lennon mutters the word "cookie", imitating the Cookie Monster from the US children's television show Sesame Street. On the 2000 reissue of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, "Hold On" features a slightly longer introduction. The original version was restored on the 2010 reissue.
The song's theme is emotional fragility, as the lyrics state that when you're alone in the world you just have to "hold on." Lennon tries to assure himself that he and wife Yoko Ono have the strength to overcome their challenges, and if he holds on, "it's gonna be all right" and "we're gonna win the fight." Lennon explicitly namechecks himself and Yoko Ono, but author Andrew Jackson does not believe that this detracts from the universality of the message. Indeed, towards the end of the song Lennon expands the subject to encompass the whole world, singing that peace will be achievable when everyone will "see the light" and realize that we are all "one."
Musically, Lennon plays his guitar gently, applying tremolo, in an effect that Jackson states matches "the soothing reassurance of the lyrics." Lennon took 32 takes experimenting with different approaches before hitting on this one. However, music critics Wilfrid Mellers and Johnny Rogan state that other elements of the music create some tension with the reassuring message. These elements include Ringo Starr's "jittery" drumming, with many silences, and the fragmented vocal melody, which break up the sentences of the lyrics.
Lennon has explained the song as follows:
"I'm saying 'hold on John' because I don't want to die...I don't want to be hurt and please don't hit me...Hold on now, we might have a cup of tea, we might get a moment's happiness any minute now. So that's what it's about, just moment by moment. That's how we're living now, but really living like that and cherishing each day, and dreading it too. It might be your last.""Hold On" is the eighth, and often, final track from the 1979 Triumph album, Just a Game. The single was released on August 6, 1979 and rose to number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Rik Emmett.
The song, like Lay It on the Line was written two years before the release of the album. After failing to be noticed as an acoustic track in concert the band decided to make it a rock song and placed it at the end of the concept song, The Twisted Maze which compasses the entire second side of the vinyl.
The song has never been performed by the entire band in concert, due to its broad and complex arrangements. The live version from Stages, which is the only official version, was done acoustically.
The B-side is the title track for the album, clocking in at five minutes and forty eight seconds.
The video of the song was cut up and altered to help its chart potential, where it became only a two-minute-and-fifty-nine-second track. The video did not include the acoustic folk section of the beginning or the disco-styled breakdown at the end. This version was also the version released on the singles for every foreign country, thus the only countries to have the entire song was Canada and the United States.
Hold On is an EP by Spencer Tracy, released in July 2003. The EP features the new sound of Spencer Tracy with the dual vocals of Shaun Sibbes and Jessie Bennett (who co-wrote the Lash hit "Take Me Away"). It's closer to rock than the previous pop inclined releases from Spencer Tracy and features a version of the Lennon / McCartney track "I've Got a Feelin'" plus reworks of "Ocean" and "Supergirl".
Hold On is an EP being released on 8 June 2010 through Parachute by the New Zealand Hip Hop/ Rock band Rapture Ruckus. The Album is a New Zealand Release of the debut EP Rapture Ruckus which is being released through Tooth & Nail records.
A pre release of the EP was made available on 29 January 2010 at the Parachute Music Festival 640 copies were printed and all sold in the first 24 hours of the festival. The EP charted at #7 on the NZ Top 40 albums chart and #1 on the NZ Independent albums chart.
"Hold On" is a song written and first recorded by the Canadian singer and songwriter Ian Thomas, on his 1981 album The Runner.
In 1982 the Latin rock band Santana, featuring lead vocalist Alex Ligertwood, covered the song for their album Shangó. It is the second track on the album and was released as the album's first single. The song reached No. 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it Santana's tenth most successful US hit. It also peaked at No. 17 on Billboard's Top Tracks chart. On the Cashbox chart, it reached No. 9.
In Canada, "Hold On" peaked at No. 4 for two weeks, becoming their greatest Canadian hit to that date.
"Hold On" is a song by Canadian crooner Michael Bublé, released as the second single from his fourth studio album, Crazy Love. The single was released on December 11, 2009, although it was serviced to radio again on February 14, 2011, after its appearance in an episode of the talent series Dancing on Ice.
"Hold On" is a single released by the Italian singer Alexia solely in Brazil in 1997. It was the only single released during Alexia's time with DWA that was not written by Alexia and Robyx.
"Hold On (A Little Longer)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from the album I Should Be with You. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Wariner and Randy Hart.
"Hold On" is a song by the progressive rock band Yes, from their 1983 album, 90125. It reached number 27 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart in 1985.
"Hold On" is a single by the progressive rock band Kansas. It was the band's 13th single, eighth top 100 hit, and fifth top 40 hit, peaking at number 40. The song was first released on the 1980 album Audio-Visions, which was the last album recorded with the original band before Steve Walsh left. The song was written by Kerry Livgren to try to convince his wife to convert to Christianity along with him. It was further re-released on several compilation and live albums, including The Best of Kansas, The Kansas Boxed Set, The Ultimate Kansas, Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection, Live at the Whisky, and the CD/DVD combos of Device, Voice, Drum, Works in Progress, and There's Know Place Like Home. An orchestral version of the song appears on the album Always Never the Same, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Hold On was the fifth album by High Inergy. Like their previous three albums, this one was a commercial and critical disappointment. It peaked at #70 on Billboard's R&B Album charts and failed to make the Top 200 Pop Album charts. The album spawned one chart single, a cover of Bettye Swann's #1 R&B hit, Make Me Yours, which Andrew Hamilton in his All Music Guide review described as "better-than-the-original." Unfortunately, High Inergy's version failed to achieve the chart success of the original, peaking at just #68.
"Hold On" is a song by British MC Skepta. It was released on 1 January 2012, as a digital download on iTunes in the United Kingdom. It was released as an EP for Skepta and didn't take part in any album features.
"Hold On" is a song by American R&B singer Tanya Blount. It was the third single released from, Natural Thing.
Hold On is the third single from the Jamaican recording artist Sean Paul's fifth studio album Tomahawk Technique. It was written by Pierre "The Maven" Medor, Rico Love and Sean Paul Henriques and was produced by Pierre "The Maven" Medor, Rico Love. The song has charted in France.
Hold On is widely associated with Usain Bolt in his endeavour to victory in the London 2012 Olympic Games in the 100m and 200m races.
"Hold On" is a song by British musician SBTRKT; the stage name of Aaron Jerome. It features on vocals SBTRKT's main collaborator and live bandmate, Sampha. The single was released on 21 February 2012.
A cover has been recorded by Solveig Heilo from the Norwegian band Katzenjammer.
"Hold On" is a song by American rock band Alabama Shakes. The track was first released on February 6, 2012 in the United Kingdom as the lead single from the studio album Boys & Girls (2012).
"Hold On (To My Love)" is a song written by Robin Gibb and Blue Weaver and performed by American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin, released in 1980 on his album Sunrise. It reached #10 in the US, #29 in the US R&B and #7 in the UK.
"Hold On (Shut Up)" is a song by American hip hop recording artist MGK . The song, released on August 6, 2012, serves as the third single from his debut studio album Lace Up. The single features vocals from American rapper Young Jeezy and was produced by JP Did This 1.
"Hold On" is the third track from Badfinger's 1981 album Say No More. Co-written by Tom Evans and Joe Tansin (who had actually left the band prior to the recording of Say No More), the track was their second to last new single (the last being "I Got You", also from Say No More).
"Hold On" is a song by American rapper 50 Cent. It was released on March 18, 2014 as the second single from his fifth studio album Animal Ambition.
"Hold On" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw. It was released on 18 May 2009 as a digital download in Sweden. It was released as the second (third overall) single from his second studio album MZW (2009). The song was written by David Clewett, Jason Gill and Måns Zelmerlöw. It peaked to number 22 on the Swedish Singles Chart.
"Hold On" is a song by Australian twin sisters Nervo. The single was released digitally on 9 April 2013 and is included on their 2015 album, Collateral. Two additional remix Extended Plays were released in May and June 2013.
“Hold On” peaked at number one of the Hot Dance Club Songs in the United States for the week commencing June 22, 2013. This is the girls first number 1 song on any chart.