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Definition of Holdfast
1. Noun. Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place.
Specialized synonyms: Bellyband, Buckle, Button, Carabiner, Karabiner, Snap Ring, Catch, Clasp, Cleat, Clinch, Clip, Clothes Peg, Clothes Pin, Clothespin, Corrugated Fastener, Wiggle Nail, Cottar, Cotter, Cringle, Eyelet, Grommet, Grummet, Loop, Dowel, Dowel Pin, Joggle, Fillet, Stopping, Hook And Eye, Knot, Lashing, Link, Linkup, Tie, Tie-in, Lock, Locker, Nail, Nut And Bolt, Paper Fastener, Pin, Screw, Seal, Seal, Sealing Wax, Slide Fastener, Zip, Zip Fastener, Zipper, Press Stud, Snap, Snap Fastener, Toggle, Toggle Bolt
Generic synonyms: Constraint, Restraint
Derivative terms: Fasten, Fasten, Fasten, Hold Fast
Definition of Holdfast
1. n. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long flat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
Definition of Holdfast
1. Noun. Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic medicine) Actinomycosis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Holdfast
1. a fastening device [n -S]
Medical Definition of Holdfast
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1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. "His holdfast was gone."
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Holdfast
Literary usage of Holdfast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1866)
"THE PASSION OF MARTIN holdfast. were ten of us ; but four JL brothers and five
sisters had died ere I reached manhood. So, too, had my father and mother. ..."
2. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes ; with Additional Notes by Isaac Reed, Robert Dodsley, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"holdfast. Not any, sir; and he has sold all his cloaths. ... holdfast. Faith,
sir, his occasions are so great, that he must have money, or else he can buy ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"... in the interim between the admittance and surrender, and recover mesne profits
from the time of the surrender. holdfast v. Clapham, l TR 600. Roe v. ..."
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