1. Verb
To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
2. Verb
To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
3. Verb
To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
4. Verb
To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
5. Verb
To violate; to ravish.
6. Verb
To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.
7. 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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