Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grip of or by the hand.
- noun Something that one can hold onto for support.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In car-building, an iron bar firmly fixed to the side or end of a freight-car to assist trainmen in boarding it; a grab-iron.
- noun Hold or grasp with the hand. Compare
foothold , 1. - noun The handle of an anglers' rod, formed by that part of the butt which is just above the reel: it is often wrapped with velvet, ratan, or cord.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
projection that one mayhold onto forsupport
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an appendage to hold onto
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Examples
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I suppose we shouldn't leave out 'handhold' as another.
The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Being On the Lookout BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Length are 24 inch plus a little as a "handhold" for better handling at the start and at the end.
Archive 2009-04-01 a stitch in time 2009
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Length are 24 inch plus a little as a "handhold" for better handling at the start and at the end.
Finally finished! a stitch in time 2009
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She threw her arms out and fought to find any kind of handhold she could, but it was no use.
State of the Union Brad Thor 2004
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I've always felt that this was just a little bit too late - by the time June rolls around, you're competing with literally millions of recent grads, all frantic to find some kind of handhold in this thing called "real life".
Stepcase Lifehack Dustin Wax 2008
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My hands plunged under the water, fingers searching for a secure handhold.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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He came to believe that working people, poor people, put down and stepped upon, had to organize if they were going to clean up the slums, fight the corruption that exploited them, and get a handhold on the first rung of the ladder up and out.
Bill Moyers: Saul Alinsky, Who? Bill Moyers 2012
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Occasionally a toehold or handhold crumbled beneath him, the loose rock falling and bouncing and tumbling down the slope.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Occasionally a toehold or handhold crumbled beneath him, the loose rock falling and bouncing and tumbling down the slope.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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He charged upward, from handhold to foothold, his legs shaking violently from the buildup of lactic acid.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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