Hold and Read

Hold

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

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

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

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Hold and read are semantically related in express topic. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Read".

emotional	emotional hold	emotional read
old	old hold	old read
good	good hold	good read
best	best hold	best read
Other adjectives: long, better, short, solid, original, painful, powerful, little, interesting, skilled, awesome.

Comments: This is easily one of the better fanfics I read, and I practically read every single Homestuck fanfic the Archives hold.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Homestuck
Has lost over three billion dollars, since DC liberals read the Post and DC conservatives hold their noses and also read the Post to keep on the same footing as the liberals.

Source: Useful Notes / American Newspapers
In fact, instead of doing Guns Akimbo, you can actually hold a gun in one hand and The Bible in the other and have him read random passages from it every time you make a kill.

Source: Holy Hitman

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