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— English words —

• holdup n. Alternative spelling of hold-up.
• hold-up n. (Colloquial) A delay or wait.
• hold-up n. A robbery at gunpoint.
• hold-up n. (Bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.
• hold-up n. (In the plural) Women’s stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.
• hold-up n. (Military) The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant.
• hold␣up v. (Intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
• hold␣up v. (Transitive) To impede; detain.
• hold␣up v. (Transitive) To support or lift.
• hold␣up v. (Idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
• hold␣up v. (Transitive, idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one’s part of an agreement.
• hold␣up v. (Transitive, idiomatic) To rob at gunpoint.
• hold␣up v. To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
• hold␣up v. (Transitive) (Of an artistic work) To continue to be seen as good, to avoid seeming dated.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Romanian
  • holdup n. Hold-up, armed robbery.

— English words, defined in French —

• hold-up n. (Familier) Temps d’attente.
• hold-up n. (Droit) Braquage, hold-up.
• hold␣up v. Patienter, attendre.
• hold␣up v. Retarder, perturber.
• hold␣up v. Porter.
• hold␣up v. Survivre.
• hold␣up v. Respecter un accord.
• hold␣up v. Braquer.

— In Dutch —

• hold-up n. Gewapende overval (waarbij de slachtoffers de handen omhoog moeten houden).

— In French —

• holdup n.m. Variante orthographique de hold-up.
• hold-up n.m. (Anglicisme) (Droit) Braquage, vol à main armée, attaque…
• hold-up n.m. (Sens figuré) Accaparement injuste de quelque chose.
• hold-up n.m. (Sens figuré) Accaparement au dernier moment de quelque…

81 English words from 15 English definitions

agreement Alternative armed armed␣robbery artistic at␣gunpoint avoid back behind Bridge card Colloquial complete continue could dated delay designed detain fall fall␣behind fulfil good ground gunpoint hold holding holding␣back hold␣up idiomatic impede informal in␣order in␣order␣to Intransitive inventory keep keep␣up later lift lose lose␣ground material Military not nuclear of␣a of␣an one order part plant plural rob robbery seeming seen separation spelling stand stand␣up stand␣up␣to stockings support survive suspenders that the Transitive trick up␣to use use␣it wait win within without withstand Women work worn

16 English words from 13 foreign definitions

accord chose dernier Droit hold hold␣up main moment Patienter perturber Porter Respecter Retarder Sens Temps vol

26 foreign words from 13 foreign definitions

Accaparement à␣main␣armée Anglicisme armée attaque attendre attente au␣dernier␣moment Braquage Braquer Familier figuré handen houden injuste moeten omhoog orthographique overval quelque quelque␣chose Sens␣figuré slachtoffers Survivre Variante waarbij

11 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

holdups hold-ups hold␣up␣as holdupper hold-upper holduppers hold-uppers hold-up␣play hold-up␣plays hold␣up␣one's␣end hold␣up␣a␣mirror␣to

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

lay␣hold␣upon laid␣hold␣upon

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

antiholdup

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

dup DUP HoL hol- hold LDU old OLD 'old

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

DLO Loh LOH pud Pud PUD

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

uphold Uphold

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

Dolphus holds␣up holdups hold-ups holed␣up Ludolph Rudolph upholds Upholds

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

Dolph holup hould

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

foldup fold␣up held␣up hole␣up hollup Hollup sold␣up

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

holup

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

holds␣up holed␣up

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