• v.
    ⦿protect against a challenge or attack
    lexical concept
  • Hold that position behind the trees!
  • Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:defend
  2. enl:guard
  3. enl:hold
wn:interlingual indexili:i27252

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labeldefendguardhold