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— English words —

• holdback n. Restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains).
• holdback n. The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold…
• holdback n. The strap or part of the harness so used.
• hold␣back v. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To act with reserve; to contain one’s full measure or power.
• hold␣back v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To contain; stop.
• hold␣back v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To delay the progress of, especially in school.

— English words, defined in French —

• hold␣back v. (Intransitif) Se retenir (s’arrêter avec effort).
• hold␣back v. (Intransitif) Reculer (éviter de faire quelque chose qu’on exige ou qu’on désire de nous).
• hold␣back v. (Transitif) Retenir, stopper.
• hold␣back v. (Transitif) Retenir de passer au niveau suivant, à l’étape suivante,… , particulièrement à l’école.

38 English words from 6 English definitions

act attached back contain delay device especially full harness hold holding holding␣back Idiomatic intransitive loop measure of␣a one on␣the part power progress projection reserve restrains Restraint result school stop strap that the thill transitive used vehicle which with

9 English words from 4 foreign definitions

chose effort étape faire niveau nous passer stopper suivante

16 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

arrêter au␣niveau avec désire école éviter exige Intransitif particulièrement quelque quelque␣chose Reculer retenir Se␣retenir suivant Transitif

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

holdbacks

18 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ack ACK bac BAC -bac- back Back back- dba DBA d/b/a D.B.A. HoL hol- hold old OLD 'old

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ABD abd. Abd. ABDL cab Cab CAB DLO Loh LOH

9 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

blackhood blockhead Blockhead block-head block␣head Bochdalek headblock holdbacks holds␣back

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Baldock Hadlock

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

cold-back cold␣back foldback goldback Goldback held␣back hold␣tack

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

holds␣back

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