HOLDFAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holdfast mean? 

• HOLDFAST (noun)
  The noun HOLDFAST has 1 sense:

1. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

  Familiarity information: HOLDFAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLDFAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast

Hypernyms ("holdfast" is a kind of...):

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holdfast"):

knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)

toggle bolt (a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle; used to fasten objects to hollow walls)

toggle (a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable))

press stud; snap; snap fastener (a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound)

slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)

seal; sealing wax (fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters)

seal (fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure)

screw (a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head)

pin (a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things)

paper fastener (a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place)

nut and bolt (a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt)

nail (a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener)

locker (a fastener that locks or closes)

lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)

link; linkup; tie; tie-in (a fastener that serves to join or connect)

lashing (rope that is used for fastening something to something else)

bellyband (a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon)

hook and eye (a kind of fastener used on clothing)

fillet; stopping (fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members)

dowel; dowel pin; joggle (a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together)

cringle; eyelet; grommet; grummet; loop (fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines)

cottar; cotter (fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together)

corrugated fastener; wiggle nail (a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side; hammered across wood joints in rough carpentry)

clothes peg; clothes pin; clothespin (wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline)

clip (any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together)

clinch (the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet)

cleat (a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured)

clasp (a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together)

catch (a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window)

carabiner; karabiner; snap ring (an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes)

button (a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes)

buckle (fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong)

Derivation:

hold fast (stick to firmly)