different between inhold vs pinhold

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld

Verb

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

1. To contain, hold in.
   • 2002, Brian Massumi, A shock to thought: expression after Deleuze and Guattari:

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

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

• possess

Related terms

• inholding
• inholder

Anagrams

• hold in, holdin'

Old English

Etymology

From in- (“very, thoroughly”) +? hold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in?xold/, [?in?ho?d]

Adjective

inhold

1. utterly loyal; loyal from the heart

Declension

English

Etymology

pin +? hold

Noun

pinhold (plural pinholds)

1. A place where a pin is fixed.
2. The attachment formed by pinning something in place.
3. An attachment mechanism made up of a small hole into which a pin is inserted.
4. (wrestling, professional wrestling) A hold in which the opponent is pinned to the mat.

Anagrams

• Dolphin, dolphin