AHOLD meaning: Grasping or obtaining something securely

We found 19 dictionaries that define the word ahold:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

ahold: Merriam-Webster.com
ahold: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
ahold: Collins English Dictionary
Ahold, ahold: Wordnik
ahold: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
ahold: Wiktionary
ahold: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
ahold: Infoplease Dictionary
Ahold, ahold: Dictionary.com
ahold: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Ahold: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Ahold: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
ahold: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Ahold: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
ahold: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ahold: Free Dictionary
ahold: Dictionary/thesaurus

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ahold: Idioms

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ahold: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ahold)

▸ adverb: (nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
▸ noun: (informal) A hold, grip, grasp.

Opposite:

let go, release, drop

Types:

on, off, open, closed, in, out, up, down, on top of, underneath, more...

Phrases:

get ahold of, Ahold Delhaize, easiest to get ahold of, get ahold, take ahold, more...

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