Hold and Ship

Opposite meaning words

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Ship is an antonym for hold.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Ship verb - To cause to go or be taken from one place to another.

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Hold is an antonym for ship in send topic.

Nearby Words: shipment, shipped, shipping, shipload, shipper

old	old hold	old ship
good	good hold	good ship
full	full hold	full ship
best	best hold	best ship
Other adjectives: complete, original, single, small, powerful, actual, entire, massive, large, big, huge, little, main, last, said, giant, bigger, biggest.

The commander hears and instantly wants to fight a last charge: they can get them to their ship and hold off the enemy — and that way, they can be remembered.

Source: Famed In-Story
Giorgos tried to rob Dr Venture's ship and hold Rusty for ransom but when he saw how upset he was they put on a makeshift festival to cheer him up that they continued to do for another forty years.

Source: Ambiguously Evil
Unreal II: The Awakening has two missions where the objective is to hold off Skaarj invasions until an evacuation ship comes to your aid or your ship is fully repaired.

Source: Hold the Line

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