tenir
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Meanings
Verb
1. to have; to hold (transitive)
2. to keep (transitive)
3. to stay; to hold (intransitive)
4. to hold on (reflexive)
5. to hold oneself, to be standing (reflexive)
6. to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition (reflexive)
7. to behave (reflexive)
8. to be attached (to), to be fond (of), to hold dear (intransitive)
9. to hold dear, to be keen (about), to insist (upon) (intransitive)
10. to consider (something) (transitive)
11. to support (intransitive)
12. to hold, to defend (intransitive)
13. to hang out, to hang around (reflexive, Quebec, slang)
Examples1141
to take it as read
Life hangs but by a thread.
He stood in the corner.
Behave yourself.
Keep yourself straight!
She comes down using the roots for handles