Hold and Stuff

Hold

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

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

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Stuff verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.

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Hold and stuff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Stuff".

Nearby Words: stuffy, stuffed, stuffing, stuffiness

old	old hold	old stuff
good	good hold	good stuff
best	best hold	best stuff
better	better hold	better stuff
Other adjectives: typical, simple, small, strong, actual, little, interesting, illegal, awesome, magical, stronger.

body	hold body	stuff body
amount	hold amount	stuff amount
hand	hold hand	stuff hand
time	hold time	stuff time
Other words: head, nothing, weapon, times.

The old barkeep tells him that "the good stuff" is kissing your girlfriend, marrying her and seeing her hold your baby girl, and being there to hold her hand as she dies.

Source: Old Man Conversation Song
Other times they may hold an idealized vision of high school due to the Nostalgia Filter, blocking out all the stuff they hated about high school and only remember the stuff they liked.

Source: High School
Related to this: some laptops don't require you to hold down Fn to do the stuff it would require—but it requires you to hold it to do the stuff it doesn't require.

Source: Damn You, Muscle Memory

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