1. (verb)hold, support, sustain, hold up be the physical support of; carry the weight of "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"
2. (verb)hold up hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
3. (verb)delay, detain, hold up cause to be slowed down or delayed "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
4. (verb)hold up, stick up rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
5. (verb)survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out continue to live through hardship or adversity "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
6. (verb)defy, withstand, hold, hold up resist or confront with resistance "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"
7. (verb)stand up, hold up, hold water resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"
Definitions of hold up 
Afrikaans: vertraag
Arabic: يُعَوِّق، يُعَرْقِل، يُعَ
Bulgarian: задържам
Brazilian: reter
Czech: držet (se)
German: aufhalten
Danish: opholde
Greek: καθυστερώ
Spanish: retener
Estonian: kinni pidama
Farsi: به تاخیر انداختن
Finnish: hidastaa
French: retenir
Hebrew: לְעַכֵּב
Hindi: विम्ब करना
Croatian: zadržati se
Hungarian: feltart(óztat)
Indonesian: menghambat
Icelandic: tefja
Italian: trattenere
Japanese: 止める
Korean: 지체시키다
Lithuanian: sulaikyti, sutrukdyti (ką
Latvian: aizkavēt; apturēt
Malay: ditahan
Dutch: ophouden, remmen, frustre
Norwegian: (for)sinke, oppholde, for
Polish: zatrzymywać
Persian: به تاخیر انداختن
Pashto: وروسته اچول
Portuguese: reter
Romanian: a reţine
Russian: задерживать
Slovak: zdržať (sa), zastaviť
Slovenian: zadržati
Serbian: zadržati
Swedish: uppehålla
Thai: ล่าช้า
Turkish: geciktirmek
Taiwanese: 耽擱，拖延
Ukrainian: затримати
Urdu: بڑھنے نہ دینا
Vietnamese: làm đình trệ
Chinese: 耽搁，使停顿
