What does withhold mean?
Definitions for withhold
wɪθˈhoʊld, wɪð-with·hold
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Princeton's WordNet
withhold, keep backverb
hold back; refuse to hand over or share
"The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
withhold, deduct, recoupverb
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
"My employer is withholding taxes"
Wiktionary
withholdverb
To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
withholdverb
To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
withholdverb
To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Withholdverb
Withheld, or withholden, pret. and part.
Etymology: with and hold.
That hand, which as no kind of imminent danger could cause at first to withhold itself, so neither have any practices, so many, so bloody, following since, been ever able to make weary. Richard Hooker, b. iv.
Sith mine he is, or free or bound;
Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand
From knitting league with him. Edmund Spenser.The prince
Would fain have come with me to meet your grace;
And by his mother was perforce withheld. William Shakespeare.Be careful to withhold
Your talons from the wretched and the bold:
Tempt not the brave and needy to despair;
For though your violence should leave them bare
Of gold and silver, swords and darts remain. Dryden.Volition is an act of the mind, knowingly exerting that dominion it takes itself to have over any part of man, by employing it in, or withholding it from any particular action. John Locke.
What difficulties there are, which as yet withhold our assent, till we be further and better satisfied, I hope no indifferent amongst them will scorn or refuse to hear. Richard Hooker.
Soon as Titan ’gan his head exault,
And soon again as he his light withhault,
Their wicked engines they against it bent. Fairy Queen.
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withhold
Withhold refers to the act of holding back or keeping something in possession or to oneself rather than giving it or making it known. It can also refer to the deduction of money such as taxes from one's salary or wages.
Webster Dictionary
Withholdverb
to hold back; to restrain; to keep from action
Withholdverb
to retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition
Withholdverb
to keep; to maintain; to retain
Etymology: [With again, against, back + hold.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Withhold
with-hōld′, v.t. to hold back: to keep back.—v.i. to stay back:—pa.t. and pa.p. Withheld′ (arch. pa.p. Withhol′den).—ns. Withhol′der; Withhold′ment. [Pfx. with-, against, and hold.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of withhold in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of withhold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of withhold in a Sentence
Unless you have a different definition of what a disaster is and the needs for assistance, you have no right to withhold those funds.
A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.
President Trump tried to withhold funding from so-called sanctuary cities. But the courts largely rejected those efforts.
The president has chosen fear. We want to start with the facts, the fact is, President Trump has chosen to hold hostage critical services for the health, safety and well-being of the American people and withhold the paychecks of 800,000 innocent workers across the nation, many of them veterans.
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- كتم, إستئثار, إحتفاظ (بشيء) للنفسArabic
- ponechat siCzech
- einbehalten, vorenthalten, zurückhaltenGerman
- κατακρατώGreek
- retener, rehusar, negarSpanish
- pitää, evätäFinnish
- retenirFrench
- megtart, visszatart, elhallgatHungarian
- trattenereItalian
- kaiponu, mekoMāori
- onthouden, onttrekkenDutch
- reterPortuguese
- утаивать, удерживать, умалчивать, удержатьRussian
- رکھناUrdu
- 扣留Chinese
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