Hold and Look

Hold

Hold verb - To think of in a particular way.

Usage example: held to be the best blueberry pies in the state

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Look and hold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Look" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Look verb - To give the impression of being.

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Hold and look are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Look".

Nearby Words: lookout, looked, looker, looking, lookup

close	close hold	close look
old	old hold	old look
good	good hold	good look
long	long hold	long look
Other adjectives: better, typical, short, inside, original, single, big, little, interesting, last.

power	hold power	look power
people	hold people	look people
kind	hold kind	look kind
time	hold time	look time
Other words: way, world, head, nothing, times.

Likely this is caused by the opinion that a fighting game character should look like they could actually hold their own in a fight, of which both characters do not exude.

Source: Americans Hate Tingle / Video Games
They are mostly similar to skinny grey humans but with heads that look like an octopus with four tentacles, which they use to get hold of their victims' heads and eat their brains.

Source: Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods
This may be justified, as both characters' guns look like they could hold a lot of shots.

Source: Video Game / Doom Troopers

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