HOLDING

Definitions

1. 1. The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
2. 2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
3. 3. That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke.
4. 4. The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] Shak. Holding note (Mus.), a note sustained in one part, while the other parts move.