tenir
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
se le tenir pour dit
to take it as read
La vie ne tient qu'à un fil.
Life hangs but by a thread.
Il se tenait dans le coin.
He stood in the corner.
Tiens-toi bien.
Behave yourself.
Tiens-toi droit !
Keep yourself straight!
Elle descend en se tenant aux racines.
She comes down using the roots for handles