HOLD OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hold over mean? 

• HOLD OVER (verb)
  The verb HOLD OVER has 5 senses:

1. intimidate somebody (with a threat)

2. hold over goods to be sold for the next season

3. keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

4. continue a term of office past the normal period of time

5. hold back to a later time

  Familiarity information: HOLD OVER used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLD OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intimidate somebody (with a threat)

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

She was holding it over him

Hypernyms (to "hold over" is one way to...):

intimidate (make timid or fearful)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hold over goods to be sold for the next season

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

carry over; hold over

Hypernyms (to "hold over" is one way to...):

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "hold over" is one way to...):

hold; keep; maintain (cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., 'keep clean')

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

holdover (something that has survived from the past)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Continue a term of office past the normal period of time

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "hold over" is one way to...):

continue; remain; stay; stay on (continue in a place, position, or situation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

holdover (an official who remains in office after his term)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Hold back to a later time

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

defer; hold over; postpone; prorogue; put off; put over; remit; set back; shelve; table

Context example:

let's postpone the exam

Hypernyms (to "hold over" is one way to...):

delay (act later than planned, scheduled, or required)

"Hold over" entails doing...:

reschedule (assign a new time and place for an event)

call off; cancel; scratch; scrub (postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hold over"):

call (stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather)

hold (stop dealing with)

suspend (render temporarily ineffective)

probate (put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence)

reprieve; respite (postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

I hold over telegram to Holmwood till have seen you.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)