Synonym: defy, delay, detain, endure, go, hold, hold out, hold water, last, live, live on, stand up, stick up, support, survive, sustain, withstand. Similar words: build up, add up, end up, head up, wind up, stand up, speed up, round up. Meaning: v. 1. be the physical support of; carry the weight of 2. hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration 3. cause to be slowed down or delayed 4. rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat 5. continue to live; endure or last 6. resist or confront with resistance 7. resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc..
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61. Stand proudly and exult in your womanhood. Remember: Woman hold up half the sky.
62. Frege carried the logicism creed, at the same time, he hold up the banner of the anti-psychological at first on the history, and resolutely repelled the psychological factor in logic.
63. Among all of those bottle-neck problems which hold up the development of the private MSEs, human resources management issue is the one which has not been broadly and deeply studied by researchers.
64. But a positive emotional perspective needs to be based on a positive self-image or it won't be able to hold up under pressure.
65. Catlin said his company designed the system to work like the high-tension mooring systems that hold up floating oil rigs.
66. Ethiopian girls hold up fingers marked with ink to show they have been immunized against polio.
67. I asked my tennis parter to hold up so I could tie my shoelace.
68. We expect the value of gold to continue to hold up well in 2009 and 2010 against the backdrop of global market turmoil and the directionless behaviour of other commodities.
69. For the risk-averse, we particularly like defensive plays, such as aerospace and health care, which we believe will hold up well prior to collapsing entirely at 10:42 a. m. Eastern Standard Time.
70. They hold up one finger at a reel off these things, so I won't lose track.
71. Because I could've built that in, it says if you change the value of this thing, by the way you need to change recompute those other values in order to make this hold up.
72. Article 9. Stipendiary public bidding will be hold up for a certain percentage of provisional permitted export quantity,[http://sentencedict.com/hold up.html] and the rest will be distributed in line achievements.
73. Hold up your right hand. Now, count down from ten, starting with your thumb.
74. If the AGASA observations hold up, and if no other explanation is found, then it may turn out that we have already detected the discreteness of space.
75. Because China produces a diversified portfolio of low-priced and essential items, analysts say the country's exports can hold up relatively well in a recession.
76. Also, service jobs typically hold up better during a recession than do jobs in industries producing tangible goods.
77. The australian joint venture have is hold up by government red tape.
78. The ampersand means that this command is to run in the background and not hold up the script until it is finished.
79. Paul Offit, the man that all the pro-vax people hold up as the expert, says that Bill Gate's campaign is causing polio.
80. A bracket may be used to hold up a shelf or a candle.
81. A suspender strap with fastener attached to a girdle belt to hold up a woman's stocking.
82. He was pinned by the cops for the hold up.
83. Liu Mou says to others: "The son of our alcalde is likely, do not th ink over he can use water of right leg hold up solely, actually their foot simultaneously hold up, more in high spirits."
84. It doesn't promise to scale up to extreme sizes, but should hold up pretty well for most uses. A lot is going to depend on how effectively you can parallelize your problem.
85. We tried many things , such feed smaller amount , burp more, hold up - right.
86. No matter the eloper was man or woman, the family of the elopers would feel unable to "hold up their heads" in their living circle.
87. President Obama should threaten to hold up future aid to Pakistan if it doesn't put an end to its double-dealing.
88. The incompletion of audit contract and auditors special investment in the initial auditing breed an incentive that clients managers hold up auditors.
89. Neal tucked the gun into the crook of his arm so he could hold up the flashlight, and the wildebeest, dumb-eyed, bearded, startled by the light, darted across the trail around them and bellowed.
90. The Sauter mean diameter of droplets, dispersed phase hold up and height of mass transport unit are studied respectively.
More similar words: build up, add up, end up, head up, wind up, stand up, speed up, round up, add up to, hold, stand up to, lead up to, stand up for, holy, whole, end up with, hold out, hold on, hold in, hold down, as a whole, hold on to, get hold of, household, scholar, hold back, Catholic, on the whole, hold water, threshold.