verb Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop. To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back. Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
water retained by a dam
verb Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop. To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back.
verb To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back.
verb Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
water retained by a dam
verb To hold back (tissue or a substance, especially urine) in the body or a body organ.
verb To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
verb To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back. To keep (something) in the mind; to recall, to remember.
verb To keep (something) in the mind; to recall, to remember.