1. Verb
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
2. Verb
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.
3. Noun
Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
4. Noun
Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
5. Verb
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
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