hold up

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: hold up

1	v	be the physical support of; carry the weight of
2	v	hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
3	v	cause to be slowed down or delayed
4	v	rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
5	v	continue to live through hardship or adversity

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: hold up

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; scaffold
provide with a scaffold for support; block
support, secure, or raise with a block; carry
bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; chock
support on chocks; buoy, buoy up
keep afloat; pole
support on poles; bracket
support with brackets; underpin
support from beneath; prop, prop up, shore, shore up
support by placing against something solid or rigid; truss
support structurally; brace
support by bracing; bolster
prop up with a pillow or bolster; tread
brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; stonewall
engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; catch
delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; stall
deliberately delay an event or action; buy time
act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage

Type of:: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up
lose velocity; move more slowly

Type of:: rob
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

: be, live
have life, be alive; exist, live, subsist, survive
support oneself

Types:: hold water, stand up
resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; perennate
survive from season to season, of plants; live out
live out one's life; live to the end

Type of:: hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

“Her shoes won't hold up”

Type of:: endure, go, hold out, last, live, live on, survive
continue to live through hardship or adversity

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