Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.

synonyms: hold, support, sustain.

Roget 143: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.    sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve etc. 604.1; harp upon etc. (repeat) 104.    keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way.    let be; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let things take their course; stare decisis (Jurisprudence). ... show more

Roget 707: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid etc. n.. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid etc. n.; give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow; help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to.    relieve, rescue; set up, set agoing^†, set on one's legs; bear through, pull through; give new life to, be the making of; reinforce, reenforce, recruit; set forward, put forward, push forward; give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to; promote, further, forward, advance expedite, speed, quicken, hasten.    support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster.    cradle, nourish; nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse; manure, cultivate, force; foster, cherish, foment; feed the flame, fan the flame.    serve; do service to, tender to, pander to; administer to, subminister to^†, minister to; tend, attend, wait on; take care of etc. 459; entertain; smooth the bed of death.    oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of; humor, cheer, encourage.    second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with etc. (cooperate) 709.    be of use to; subserve etc. (instrument) 631; benefit etc. 648; render a service etc. (utility) 644; conduce etc. (tend) 176.    ... show more

Roget 215: be supported &c.; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c.; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle^†.    support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear^†; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage etc. 43.    give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed.    maintain, keep on foot; aid etc. 707.    ... show more

Hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration.

Dutch: voorhouden

Cause to be slowed down or delayed.

synonyms: delay, detain.

Rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat.

synonym: stick up.

Roget 791: steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim^†, crib, cabbage, palm; abstract; appropriate, plagiarize.    convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize etc. (lay violent hands on) 789.    plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate^†, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer^†, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger [Slang]; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster.    swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud etc. 545; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits.    rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief.    disregard the distinction between meum and disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.].    [receive stolen goods] fence, launder, launder money.    ... show more

Continue to live and avoid dying.

synonyms: endure, go, hold out, last, live, live on, survive.

Roget 931: approve; approbate, think good, think much of, think well of, think highly of; esteem, value, prize; set great store by, set great store on.    do justice to, appreciate; honor, hold in esteem, look up to, admire; like etc. 897; be in favor of, wish Godspeed; hail, hail with satisfaction.    stand up for, stick up for; uphold, hold up, countenance, sanction; clap on the back, pat on the back; keep in countenance, indorse; give credit, recommend; mark with a white mark, mark with a stone.    commend, belaud^†, praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute, bepraise^†; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate^†, encore; panegyrize^†, eulogize, cry up, proner [Fr.], puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter etc. 933; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of; sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of; resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo.    redound to the honor, redound to the praise, redound to the credit of; do credit to; deserve praise etc. n.; recommend itself; pass muster.    be praised &c.; receive honorable mention; be in favor with, be in high favor with; ring with the praises of, win golden opinions, gain credit, find favor with, stand well in the opinion of; laudari a laudato viro [Lat.].    ... show more

Roget 882: be ostentatious etc. adj.; come forward, put oneself forward; attract attention, star it.    cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge; figure, figure away; make a show, make a display; glitter.    show off, show off one's paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit, put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes.    cry up etc. (praise) 931; proner [Fr.], flaunt, emblazon, prink^†, set off, mount, have framed and glazed.    put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon; clean the outside of the platter etc. (disguise) 544.    ... show more

Roget 604a: persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work etc. (work) 686; continue etc. 143; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.    ... show more

Roget 340: be dry etc. adj.. render dry etc. adj.; dry; dry up, soak up; sponge, swab, wipe; drain.    desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate^†; parch.    kiln dry; vacuum dry, blow dry, oven dry; hang out to dry.    mummify.    be fine, hold up.    ... show more

Dutch: handhaven, leven, overblijven, overleven, trotseren, voortbestaan, voortduren, voortleven

Resist or confront with resistance.

synonyms: defy, hold, withstand.

Dutch: weerstaan

Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.:
— Her shoes won't hold up.

synonyms: hold water, stand up.