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Verb
- 1
hold; grasp; grab
To hold something so as not to drop or lose it.
Korean definition: 무엇을 떨어뜨리거나 놓치지 않도록 쥐다.
Mother clung tightly to the teacher's arm and pleaded.
Minjun put me on his motorcycle and told me to hold on tight to his waist.
- 2
catch; stop; seize
To hold someone to keep him/her from running away.
Korean definition: 사람을 달아나지 못하게 잡다.
Quick, grab that thief and stop him!
The police held the suspect so he couldn't escape and questioned him until they got a confession.
- 3
hold; stop
To stop someone to keep him/her from walking on.
Korean definition: 남을 가지 못하게 멈추어 세우다.
Grandma kept holding on to the person who was leaving and wouldn't let go.
Mother kept her daughter-in-law there and had her clean anchovies.
- 4
hold on to; cling to
To stick to something.
Korean definition: 어떤 일에 매달리다.
The way of survival for our farming villages lies in holding on to rice farming to the end.
Yumin wrestled all night with a math problem she couldn't solve.