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hold down
Overview of noun hold-down
The noun hold-down has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. hold-down -- (a limitation or constraint; "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending")
Overview of verb hold-down
The verb hold down has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) hold down -- (keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs")
2. hold down -- (restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hold-down
1 sense of hold-down
Sense 1
hold-down
=> limitation, restriction
=> regulation, regulating
=> control
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun hold-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hold-down
1 sense of hold-down
Sense 1
hold-down
=> limitation, restriction
Antonyms of noun hold-down
Member Holonyms of noun hold-down
Substance Holonyms of noun hold-down
Part Holonyms of noun hold-down
Member Meronyms of noun hold-down
Substance Meronyms of noun hold-down
Part Meronyms of noun hold-down
Meronyms of noun hold-down
Holonyms of noun hold-down
Attributes of noun hold-down
Derived Forms of noun hold-down
1 sense of hold-down
Sense 1
hold-down
RELATED TO>(verb) hold down#2
=> hold down
Domain of noun hold-down
Domain Terms of noun hold-down
Familiarity of noun hold-down
hold-down used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun hold-down
1 sense of hold-down
Sense 1
hold-down
> limitation, restriction
=> load-shedding
=> arms control
=> hold-down
=> freeze
=> clampdown
Meronyms of noun hold-down
1 sense of hold-down
Holonyms of noun hold-down
Grep of noun hold-down
hold-down
Antonyms of verb hold-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hold-down
2 senses of hold down
Sense 1
hold down
=> retain, hold, keep back, hold back
=> keep, hold on
=> have, have got, hold
Sense 2
hold down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb hold-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hold-down
2 senses of hold down
Sense 1
hold down
=> retain, hold, keep back, hold back
Sense 2
hold down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
'Cause To' of verb hold-down
Derived Forms of verb hold-down
1 of 2 senses of hold down
Sense 2
hold down
RELATED TO>(noun) hold-down#1
=> hold-down
Domain of verb hold-down
Domain Terms of verb hold-down
Familiarity of verb hold-down
hold down used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb hold-down
2 senses of hold down
Sense 1
hold down
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
hold down
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb hold-down
2 senses of hold down
Sense 1
hold down
> retain, hold, keep back, hold back
=> hold down
Sense 2
hold down
> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> hold down
=> number, keep down
=> cap
=> restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
=> demarcate, delimit, delimitate
=> content
=> ration
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb hold-down
Sense 1
hold down
=> retain, hold, keep back, hold back
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Sense 2
hold down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
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